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Signals, 33.

Signs, observation of, 88.

Situations, the nine. See Nine grounds.

Six Chancellors of the Ch‘in State, 142.

“Six States” period, xxii.

Skilful fighter, the, 30.

Skilful leaders of old, 120.

Solidarity of troops, 123.

Sôphanes at Plataea, 129.

Sovereign, the, 55; the wise, 163.

Spies, xlix, 52, 147, 148; converted, 90, 166, 172, 173; doomed, 167, 172, 173; five classes of, 164; Frederick’s classification of, 168; importance of, 175; intimate relations to be maintained with, 168; inward, 165, 172; local, 164, 172; surviving, 167, 172; to be properly paid, 162, 169.

Spirit, an army’s, 65, 66.

Spirits, 163.

“Spy,” evolution of the character meaning, 160.

Spying, end and aim of, 173.

Ssŭ K‘u Ch‘üan Shu Chien Ming Mu Lu, quoted, l, li, lii.

Ssŭ K‘u Ch‘üan Tsung Mu T‘i Yao, quoted, xx, xli, l; referred to, xl, lii, liii.

Ssŭ-ma Ch‘ien, xiv, xx; quoted, xi, xii, xlv; credibility of his narrative, xxvi; his letter to Jên An, referred to, xlvi; his mention of the 13 chapters, xxx. See also Shih Chi.

Ssŭ-ma Fa, l; quoted, xvi, 14, 17, 78, 126, 143.

Ssŭ-ma I, 46, 51, 122.

Ssŭ-ma Jang-chü, xxii, 1, 98.

Stagnation, 157.

Standard text of Sun Tzŭ. See Sun Tzŭ.

Stellar Mansions, the twenty-eight, 153.

Stonewall Jackson, biography of, quoted, 42, 59, 131.

Strategy and tactics, 52.

Strength, great, 29.

Stupidity, to be feigned, 145.

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