Sunzi · Art of War · 用間篇
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必取於人知敵之情者也
It must be obtained from people who know the enemy's actual situation.
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不可取於鬼神，
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They know the enemy's actual situation; the description is closed by 者.
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Argument contrastWho has access to what is known?Sunzi specifies human sources acquainted with an enemy’s situation; Huizi challenges Zhuangzi’s claim to know a fish’s enjoyment. Both raise access to knowledge, but testimony in military planning and a philosophical dialogue must not be collapsed into the same evidential test.
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莊子 · 秋水第十七之情者也，師治而无亂乎？是未明天地之理，萬物之情者也。是猶師天而无地，師陰而无陽，其不可行明矣。然且語而不舍，非愚則誣也。
孫子 · 用間篇知敵之情數年，以爭一日之勝，而愛爵祿百金，不知敵之情者，不仁之至也，非人之將也，非主之佐也，非勝之主也。故明君賢將，所以動而勝人，成功出
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論語 · Locate a relation夫子至於是邦也論語 · Connect a modifier to a head禮之用，和為貴論語 · Locate a relation信近於義論語 · Name the one, thing, or situation未若貧而樂道，富而好禮者也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_014.txt, lines 39–50. SUN 13.3 tr. Giles 1910: 163-164. See Guo Huaruo 1962: 225-226; Wu Jiulong 1991: 238-239; Li Ling 1997: 125, tr. Ames 1993: 169; tr. Sawyer 1993: 185
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