Art of War 11.21
The Art of War (孫子兵法), The Nine Situations 九地篇
掠於饒野三軍足食
Make forays in fertile country in order to supply your army with food.
Lionel Giles (1910), Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War (1910), with Giles' notes — public domain.
Lionel Giles's notes
Cf. supra, § 13. Li Ch‘üan does not venture on a note here.
Character glossary
- 掠lüèto pillage, to ransack
- 於yúat, in, on; to, from; alas!
- 饒ráoabundant, bountiful
- 野yěfield, open country; wilderness
- 三sānthree
- 軍jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops
- 足zúfoot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
- 食shífood; to eat
Passages with shared wording
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