5. 凡火攻必因五火之變而應之

In attacking with fire, one should be prepared to meet five possible

developments:

I take 五 as qualifying 變, not 火, and therefore think that Chang

Yü is wrong in referring 五火 to the five methods of attack set

forth in § 1. What follows has certainly nothing to do with these.

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