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<k_ele>
<keb>始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとし</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<s_inf>from Sun Tzu's Art of War</s_inf>
<gloss>hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare</gloss>
</sense>
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<audit time="2021-03-17 08:24:56" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Opencooper</upd_name>
<upd_refs>* daijs; koj
* The Art of War, Chapter 11 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War_(Sun)/Section_XI): At first, then,
exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running
hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.
始めは処女の如く 271
始めは処女のごとく 77</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-17 10:51:54" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
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