27. 人皆知我所以勝之形而莫知吾所以制勝之形

All men can see the tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see

is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

_I.e._, everybody can see superficially how a battle is won; what

they cannot see is the long series of plans and combinations which

has preceded the battle. It seems justifiable, then, to render the

first 形 by “tactics” and the second by “strategy.”

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