Art of War 9.2
The Art of War (孫子兵法), The Army On The March 行軍篇
視生處高戰隆無登此處山之軍也
Camp in high places,
facing the sun.
Do not climb heights in order to fight.
So much for mountain warfare.
Lionel Giles (1910), Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War (1910), with Giles' notes — public domain.
Lionel Giles's notes
Not on high hills, but on knolls or hillocks elevated above the surrounding country.
視生=面陽. Tu Mu takes this to mean “facing south,” and Ch‘ên Hao “facing east.” Cf. infra, §§ 11, 13.
隆 is here simply equivalent to 高. The T‘ung Tien and Yü Lan read 降.
After 山, the T‘ung Tien and Yü Lan insert 谷.
Character glossary
- 視shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to r
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 處chùto reside at, to live in; place, locale;
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 戰zhànwar, fighting, battle
- 隆lóngprosperous, plentiful, abundant
- 無wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 登dēngto rise, to mount, to board, to climb
- 此cǐthis, these; in this case, then
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of fo
- 軍jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
- Art of War 9.6
- Art of War 9.8
- Art of War 9.9
- Art of War 9.23
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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