Art of War 10.2
The Art of War (孫子兵法), Terrain 地形篇
我可以往彼可以來曰通
Ground which can be freely traversed by both sides is called accessible .
Lionel Giles (1910), Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War (1910), with Giles' notes — public domain.
Lionel Giles's notes
Generally speaking, 平陸 “level country” is meant. Cf. IX. § 9: 處易.
Character glossary
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 彼bǐthat, those, the other
- 來láito arrive, to come, to return; in the fu
- 曰yuēto speak; to say
- 通tōngto pass through, to open, to connect; to
Passages with shared wording
- Art of War 11.5
- Mencius 2B.2
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi Language
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
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