4. 兵之所加如以碬投卵者虛實是也

That the impact of your army may be like a grindstone dashed against

an egg—this is effected by the science of weak points and strong.

虛實, literally “the hollow and the solid,” is the title of chap.

VI. 碫 _tuan_ is the _T‘u Shu_ reading, 碬 _hsia_ that of the

standard text. It appears from K‘ang Hsi that there has been much

confusion between the two characters, and indeed, it is probable

that one of them has really crept into the language as a mistake

for the other.

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