Counting in the Temple

The first chapter of The Art of War describes the calculations made in the ancestral temple before a war. “Whoever wins in the temple calculation before the battle has more counting rods. Whoever loses has fewer. More calculation wins, less calculation loses. How much more so no calculation at all! From this, I can see who will win and who will lose.”

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