1. 孫子曰凡先處戰地而待敵者佚後處戰地而趨戰者勞

Sun Tzŭ said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of

the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field

and has to hasten to battle, will arrive exhausted.

Instead of 處, the _Yü Lan_ has in both clauses the stronger word

據. For the antithesis between 佚 and 勞, cf. I. § 23, where

however 勞 is used as a verb.

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