26. 因形而錯勝於衆衆不能知

How victory may be produced for them out of the enemy’s own

tactics—that is what the multitude cannot comprehend.

All the commentators except Li Ch‘üan make 形 refer to the enemy.

So Ts‘ao Kung: 因敵形而立勝. 錯 is defined as 置. The _T‘u Shu_ has

措, with the same meaning. See IV. § 13. The _Yü Lan_ reads 作,

evidently a gloss.

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