Who & Where to Use Spies-Sun Zi

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Who & Where to Use Spies by Sun Zi

English: Only those who are wise will be able to use secret agents. Only those who are benevolent, loyal and just are able to deploy and use secret agents. Only those who are thorough and detailed will be able to decipher the truth embedded in espionage reports. Such is the intricacy and subtlety of espionage. Indeed, there is no place where espionage cannot be used.

Modern: 不是才智过人的人不能使用间谍，不是仁慈慷慨的人不能用间，不是用心微妙的人不能取得间谍真实的情报。微妙！真是无所不可使用间谍。

Original: 非圣智不能用间，非仁义不能使间，非微妙不能得间之实。 微哉微哉！无所不用间也。

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From: Sun Zi Art of War Chapter 13