In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an
attractive bait,
Tu Yu says 佯背我去 “turning their backs on us and pretending to
flee.” But this is only one of the lures which might induce us to
quit our position. Here again 利 is used as a verb, but this time
in a different sense: “to hold out an advantage to.”
it will be advisable not to stir forth, but rather to retreat, thus
enticing the enemy in his turn; then, when part of his army has come
out, we may deliver our attack with advantage.
Mei Yao-ch‘ên paraphrases the passage in a curious jingle, the scheme
of rhymes being _abcbdd_: 各居所險，先出必敗，利而誘我，我不可愛，僞去引敵，半出而擊.