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The Art of Smash: Estimates

mario123007

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Uh....look. I want to ask you this first:Do you have a full knowledge of Chinese? Learning Chinese is hard, learning Ancient form Chinese is even tougher.
Here is the true Art of War "Estimate" dialouge in Ancient form Chinese:

〈計〉

  孫子曰:
  兵者,國之大事也;死生之地,存亡之道,不可不察也[1]。故經之以五,校之以計,以索其情。一曰道,二曰天,三曰地,四曰將,五曰法。道者[2]:令民與上同意者也;故可與之死,可與之生,民弗詭也[3]。天者:陰陽、寒暑,時制也。地者:高下、廣狹、遠近、險易[4]、死生也[5]。將者:智、信、仁、勇、嚴也。法者:曲制、官道、主用也[6]。凡此五者,將莫不聞;知之者勝,不知者不勝。
  故校之以計,以索其情。曰:主孰賢[7]?將孰能?天地孰得?法令孰行?兵眾孰強?士卒孰練?賞罰孰明?吾以此知勝敗矣。將聽吾計,用之必勝,留之;將不聽吾計,用之必敗,去之。計利以聽[8],乃為之勢,以佐其外[9];勢者,因利而制權也[10]。
  兵者,詭道也[11]。故能而示之不能,用而示之不用;近而示之遠,遠而示之近。故利而誘之[12],亂而取之,實而備之,強而避之,怒而橈之[13];攻其無備,出其不意[14]。此兵家之勝,不可先傳也。
  夫未戰而廟算勝者,得算多也[15];未戰而廟算不勝者,得算少也。多算勝,少算敗,況無算乎!吾以此觀之,勝敗見矣[16]。
As you see ancient Chinese is use short sentences, and they often have 「之」 word a lot.之 can be used in many ways in Ancient Chinese. I'll try to tell you more in the future....
About 03:31after....
Actually, in the official part of Art of War.
The part where it says"Keep under his train and wear him down" and "When his force are united,separare them" this part made me a bit confused when I compare the Chinese version and English version cuz it didn't really included.
In the true Art of War, this part「攻其無備,出其不意」it actually just refer "Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected. " it wasn't meant that much. I don't why didn't the English translation add these two meanings.
Website has Modern Chinese translation of Art of War: http://www.cos.url.tw/sunzi/w_sunzi.htm
Really, perhaps you may know Art of War more than me, and actually even as a Chinese/Taiwanese student, I didn't really read the Art of War.........but if you want to know if you are wrong about it or just want to know about it's details, just contact me on Smashboard or Facebook, or here!
 
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