Art of War 9.20
The Art of War (孫子兵法), The Army On The March 行軍篇
其所居者易利也
If his place of encampment is easy of access, he is tendering a bait.
Lionel Giles (1910), Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War (1910), with Giles' notes — public domain.
Lionel Giles's notes
易 is here the opposite of 險 in § 18. The reading of the T‘ung Tien and Yü Lan, 其所處者居易利也, is pretty obviously corrupt. The original text, which transposes 易 and 者, may very possibly be right. Tu Mu tells us that there is yet another reading: 士爭其所居者易利也.
Character glossary
- 其qíhis, her, its, their; that
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particl
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 者zhěthat which; they who; those who
- 易yìto change; to exchange, to trade; simple
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 也yěalso, too
Passages with shared wording
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