Sunzi · Art of War · 行軍篇
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軍行有險阻潢井葭葦山林蘙薈者，
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軍行有險阻潢井葭葦山林蘙薈者，Name the one, thing, or situation ↗黃帝之所以勝四帝也。Identify means, basis, and purpose ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 11 也 × 9 者 × 6 軍 × 4 此 × 4 處 × 4. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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莊子 · 齊物論第二黃帝之所長梧子曰：「是黃帝之所聽熒也，而丘也何足以知之！且女亦大早計，見卵而求時夜，見彈而求鴞炙。
莊子 · 至樂第十八黃帝之所離叔與滑介叔觀於冥伯之丘，崑崙之虛，黃帝之所休。俄而柳生其左肘，其意蹶蹶然惡之。
孫子 · 武經七書本行軍篇此處斥澤若交軍於斥澤之中，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，此處平陸之軍也。凡此四軍之利，黃帝之所以勝四帝也
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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
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
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- KR3b0003_009.txt, lines 107–130. SUN 9.6 tr. Giles 1910: 86-87. See Guo Huaruo 1962: 151-152; Wu Jiulong 1991: 152-153; Li Ling 1997: 91, tr. Ames 1993: 141; tr. Sawyer 1993: 173
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