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《from Sun Tzu's Art of War》 ▶ hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy ▶ [lit] first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare |
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| 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 |
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