28. 半進半退者誘也

When some are seen advancing and some retreating, it is a lure.

Capt. Calthrop is hardly right in translating: “An advance,

followed by sudden retirement.” It is rather a case of feigned

confusion. As Tu Mu says: 僞爲雜亂不整之狀.

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