Nine Battlegrounds (II)-Sun Zi

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Nine Battlegrounds (II) by Sun Zi

English: An area that is easily accessible to me and to the other side is considered communicative ground. When a territory is surrounded by three other states and when its seizure by any of the states is crucial to the determination of supremacy over the rest, then the surrounding territory is considered focal ground. When an army has penetrated deep into the territory of the enemy, leaving behind hostile fortified cities and towns, it is considered to be on serious ground.

Modern: 我可以往，敌可以来的地区，叫做交地。与多国交接，先到达就可以得天下之众的地区，叫做衢地。进入敌国而且入境深，经过的城邑多的地区，叫做重地。

Original: 我可以往，彼可以来者，为交地。诸侯之地三属，先至而得天下之众者，为衢地。入人之地深，背城邑多者，为重地。

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From: Sun Zi Art of War Chapter 11