Sunzi · Art of War · 地形篇
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視卒如嬰兒，故可與之赴深谿
Regard the troops as infants, and one can go with them into deep ravines.
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故進不求名，
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與: going with the troops.
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Argument contrastCare that binds and a condition beyond dependenceSunzi’s parental comparison explains loyalty in dangerous action. Zhuangzi’s stranded fish make emergency mutual aid less desirable than a sustaining habitat. The juxtaposition asks what circumstances make care necessary, without reducing either excerpt to a universal rule for relationships.
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莊子 · 秋水第十七亂而不能之時；以其至小求窮其至大之域，是故迷亂而不能自得也。由此觀之，又何以知豪末之足以定至細之倪！又何以知天地之足以窮至大之域！」
荀子 · 議兵篇第十五不可用也上足卬，則下可用也；上不足卬，則下不可用也。下可用則強，下不可用則弱，是強弱之常也。
孫子 · 行軍篇不可用也，不服則難用也；卒已親附而罰不行，則不可用也。故令之以文，齊之以武，是謂必取。令素行以教其民，則民服；令不素行以教其民，則民不服
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論語 · Recover the object學而時習之論語 · Recover the object未之有也論語 · Recover the object雖曰未學，吾必謂之學矣論語 · Identify a comparison and its standard未若貧而樂道，富而好禮者也Edition, source, and reuse
- 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.
- Source position
- KR3b0003_011.txt, lines 129–143. SUN 10.9 tr. Giles 1910: 110-111. See Guo Huaruo 1962: 176-178; Wu Jiulong 1991: 180-181; Li Ling 1997: 102, tr. Ames 1993: 150; tr. Sawyer 1993: 177
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