Sunzi · Art of War · 勢篇
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凡治眾如治寡，
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可使必受敵而無敗者，Notice a change in argument structure ↗可使必受敵而無敗者，Read the relationship between clauses ↗可使必受敵而無敗者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗Watch recurrence: 是 × 4 也 × 4 眾 × 3 如 × 3 者 × 3 以 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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韓非子 · 八姦第九兵之所加大國之所索，小國必聽；強兵之所加，弱兵必服。為人臣者重賦斂，盡府庫，虛其國以事大國，而用其威求誘其君；
孫子 · 九地篇三軍之眾驅群羊，驅而往，驅而來，莫知所之。聚三軍之眾，投之於險，此謂將軍之事也。九地之變，屈伸之利，人情之理，
孫子 · 九地篇三軍之眾施無法之賞，懸無政之令，犯三軍之眾，若使一人。犯之以事，勿告以言；犯之以利，勿告以害。投之亡地然後存，陷之死地然後生。
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- Work
- 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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR3b0003_005.txt, lines 12–26. SUN 5.1 tr. Giles 1910: 33-35. See Guo Huaruo 1962: 65-68; Wu Jiulong 1991: 69-71; Li Ling 1997: 62, tr. Ames 1993: 119; tr. Sawyer 1993: 164-165
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