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I read this quote from somewhere and wanted to look it up and saw your post. I know this post is very old, but I have to let you know that this quote was horribly mistranslated.

I found the quote in the English version of ["The Art of War", translated by Samuel B. Griffin](https://web.stanford.edu/class/polisci211z/1.1/Sun%20Tzu.pdf). It's the fifth quote in chapter 4 "Dispositions". Then I went to read the Chinese version of "The Art of War" to see what the original texts actually are.

The original texts are, 不可胜者，守也；可胜者，攻也。This actually translates to, if the enemy cannot be defeated, then defend; if can be defeated, then attack.

不 - not, 可 - possible, 胜 - win, 者 - person, 守 - defend; 可 - possible, 胜 - win, 者 - person，攻 - attack.

The translator seems to have very little understanding of the Chinese language. I read some excerpts and compared to the original text, and most are terribly mistranslated.

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text I read this quote from somewhere and wanted to look it up and saw your post. I know this post is very old, but I have to let you know that this quote was horribly mistranslated. I found the quote in the English version of ["The Art of War", translated by Samuel B. Griffin](https://web.stanford.edu/class/polisci211z/1.1/Sun%20Tzu.pdf). It's the fifth quote in chapter 4 "Dispositions". Then I went to read the Chinese version of "The Art of War" to see what the original texts actually are. The …
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