23. 因是而知之故死間爲誑事可使告敵

It is owing to his information, again, that we can cause the doomed

spy to carry false tidings to the enemy.

“Because the converted spy knows how the enemy can best be

deceived” (Chang Yü). The _T‘ung Tien_ text, followed by the _Yü

Lan_, has here the obviously interpolated sentence 因是可得而攻也.

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