18. 侵掠如火不動如山

In raiding and plundering be like fire,

Cf. _Shih Ching_, IV. 3. iv. 6: 如火烈烈則莫我敢曷 “Fierce as a

blazing fire which no man can check.”

in immovability like a mountain.

That is, when holding a position from which the enemy is trying to

dislodge you, or perhaps, as Tu Yu says, when he is trying to

entice you into a trap.

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