Art of War 13.24
The Art of War (孫子兵法), The Use Of Spies 用間篇
因是而知之故生間有使如期
Lastly, it is by his information that the surviving spy can be used on appointed occasions.
Lionel Giles (1910), Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War (1910), with Giles' notes — public domain.
Lionel Giles's notes
Capt. Calthrop omits this sentence.
Character glossary
- 因yīncause, reason; by; because
- 是shìto be; indeed, right, yes; okay
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 故gùreason, cause; happening, instance
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 間jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place,
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 使shǐcause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 期qīa period of time; date, time; phase
Passages with shared wording
- Art of War 13.7
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Art of War 13.13
- Art of War 11.30
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