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  1. 13.001 Generally, raising an army of a hundred thousand...
  2. 13.002 Those in commotion internally and externally, those exhausted...
  3. 13.003 Two sides remain in standoff for several years...
  4. 13.004 Yet one refusing to outlay a hundred pieces of gold...
  5. 13.005 This one is not the general of the people...
  6. 13.006 What enables the enlightened rulers and good generals...
  7. 13.007 Foreknowledge cannot be elicited from ghosts...
  8. 13.008 Therefore there are five kinds of spies used: Local spies...
  9. 13.009 When all five are used, and no one knows their Way...
  10. 13.010 For local spies, we use the enemy's people...
  11. 13.011 Therefore, of those close to the army, none is closer...
  12. 13.012 Only the wisest ruler can use spies; only the most...
  13. 13.013 There is nowhere that spies cannot be used.
  14. 13.014 If a spy's activities are leaked before they...
  15. 13.015 Generally, if you want to attack an army, besiege...
  16. 13.016 You must seek enemy spies. Bribe them, and instruct...
  17. 13.017 From their knowledge, you can obtain local...
  18. 13.018 This knowledge depends on the double spies...
  19. 13.019 In ancient times, the rise of the Yin dynasty...
  20. 13.020 Therefore, enlightened rulers and good generals...
  21. 13.021 This is essential for warfare, and what the army...