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If you know neither the other party(ies) nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every battle. | If you know neither the other party(ies) nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every battle. | ||
-Sun Tzu- | -Sun Tzu, chapter 3.18–3.19- | ||
Bi (彼) as interpreted here, it is not "enemy (敌, di)" as commonly written on more popular quotations and westernized interpretations. It simply means '''the other party'''. It also capture the essence of flexibility of interests and fluidity of the situations: one moment a friend beating a hard instance together and at the same time they could be your competitor aiming to buy the same set of materials for some end game stuff. The paradoxical situation doesn't matter, they could be both at the same time as you would be to them. | Bi (彼) as interpreted here, it is not "enemy (敌, di)" as commonly written on more popular quotations and westernized interpretations. It simply means '''the other party'''. It also capture the essence of flexibility of interests and fluidity of the situations: one moment a friend beating a hard instance together and at the same time they could be your competitor aiming to buy the same set of materials for some end game stuff. The paradoxical situation doesn't matter, they could be both at the same time as you would be to them. | ||
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