Sunzi · Art of War · 謀攻篇
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不戰而屈人之兵，善之善者也
To bring another's army to submission without battle is the best form of excellence.
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是故百戰百勝，
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The action makes another's army submit rather than describing the speaker's own submission.
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孫子 · 謀攻篇屈人之兵故善用兵者，屈人之兵而非戰也，拔人之城而非攻也，毀人之國而非久也。必以全爭於天下，故兵不頓而利可全，此謀
孫子 · 形篇非善之善能自保而全勝也。見勝不過眾人之所知，非善之善者也；戰勝而天下曰善，非善之善者也，故舉秋毫不為多力，見日月不為明目，聞雷霆不為聰耳
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論語 · Read the relationship between clauses學而時習之論語 · Read the relationship between clauses本立而道生論語 · Notice a change in argument structure使民以時論語 · Read the relationship between clauses七十而從心所欲，不踰矩Edition, source, and reuse
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- 孫子 · Sunzi · Art of War
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- Traditionally attributed to Sun Wu; the date and formation of the received text are debated.
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3b0003 · base edition tls
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR3b0003_003.txt, lines 27–37. SUN 3.2 tr. Giles 1910: 17-18. See Guo Huaruo 1962: 34-37 Wu Jiulong 1991: 37-38; Li Ling 1997: 47, tr. Ames 1993: 111, tr. Sawyer 1993: 161
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