Sunzi · Art of War · 作戰篇
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兵貴勝，不貴久
In warfare, victory is valued; prolonged duration is not.
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故兵貴勝，
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勝, achieving victory, and 久, prolonged duration.
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論語 · Keep different negatives apart未之有也論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading巧言令色，鮮矣仁論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行論語 · Keep different negatives apart不患人之不己知Edition, source, and reuse
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- 孫子 · Sunzi · Art of War
- Attribution
- Traditionally attributed to Sun Wu; the date and formation of the received text are debated.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR3b0003 · base edition tls
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3b0003_002.txt, lines 115–120. SUN 2..3.6 tr. Giles 1910: 15-16. See Guo Huaruo 1962: 30-32 Wu Jiulong 1991: 30-32; Li Ling 1997: 37, tr. Ames 1993: 108-109, tr. Sawyer 1993: 160
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