Art of War 7.34
The Art of War (孫子兵法), Manœuvring 軍爭篇
佯北勿從銳卒勿攻
Do not pursue an enemy who simulates flight; do not attack soldiers whose temper is keen.
Lionel Giles (1910), Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War (1910), with Giles' notes — public domain.
Character glossary
- 佯yángto pretend, to feign; false, deceitful
- 北běinorth; northern; northward
- 勿wùmust not, do not; without, never
- 從cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 銳ruìsharp, pointed; keen, acute
- 卒zúsoldier; servant; at last, finally
- 攻gōngto accuse; to assault; to criticize
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