Sunzi · Art of War · 行軍篇

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行軍篇 · 3271 characters
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老子 · 第五十五章精之至也

未知牝牡之合而全作,精之至也。終日號而不嗄。和之至也。知和曰常,知常曰明,益生曰祥,心使氣曰強。物壯則老,謂之不

荀子 · 解蔽篇第二十一精之至也

,其擇也無禁,必自見,其物也雜博,其精之至也不貳。《詩》云:「采采卷耳,不盈頃筐。嗟我懷人,寘彼周行。」

孫子 · 武經七書本行軍篇亟去無留

無迎水流,此處水上之軍也。絕斥澤,唯亟去無留。若交軍於斥澤之中,必依水草而背眾樹,此處斥澤之軍也。平陸處易,右背高,前死後生,此

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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_009.txt, lines 32–104. SUN 9.3 tr. Giles 1910: 83-84. See Guo Huaruo 1962: 147-148; Wu Jiulong 1991: 146-148; Li Ling 1997: 91, tr. Ames 1993: 139; tr. Sawyer 1993: 172-173
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