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军形第四 IV. Tactical Dispositions

Measurement owes its existence to Earth; Estimation of quantity to Measurement; Calculation to Estimation of quantity; Balancing of chances to Calculation; and Victory to Balancing of chances.

故胜兵若以镒称铢，败兵若以铢称镒。
A victorious army opposed to a routed one, is as a pound's weight placed in the scale against a single grain.

称胜者之战民也，若决积水于千仞之溪者，形也。
The onrush of a conquering force is like the bursting of pent-up waters into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.

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