所謂 is omitted in the _T‘u Shu_ text.
knew how to drive a wedge between the enemy’s front and rear;
More literally, “cause the front and rear to lose touch with each
other.”
to prevent co-operation between his large and small divisions; to
hinder the good troops from rescuing the bad,
I doubt if 貴賤 can mean “officers and men,” as Capt. Calthrop
translates. This is wanted for 上下.
the officers from rallying their men.
The reading 扶, derived from the _Yü Lan_, must be considered very
doubtful. The original text has 救, and the _T‘u Shu_ 收.