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The Art of War (Sun Tzu, Chapters 1 & 3) — Deception, Rapidity, and the Know-Yourself Triptych

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AOW-001 · The Art of War (Sun Tzu, Chapters 1 & 3) — Deception, Rapidity, and the Know-Yourself Triptych

Purpose: Core axioms from Sun Tzu's

S702 a-ka-ra ne go-si ka-si-de All warfare operates through deception.

S703 ka-ra ne go-si ki Warfare operates through speed.

S704 ra-no-fe : la-de-li ne de-ra no go-si ka-ra As for supreme excellence: the adversary is in a state of defeat, not via combat.

S705 go {la-mi to-su lo-de-li ; la-mi to-su lo-mi}, a-ka-ra ne no-de-ra If I have organized knowledge of the adversary and of myself: all combat is free of defeat.

S706 go {la-mi to-su lo-mi ; no la-mi to-su lo-de-li}, ka-ra ne be-ra / ka-ra ne de-ra If I know myself but not the adversary: combat is [sometimes] victory / [sometimes] defeat.

S707 go {no la-mi to-su lo-de-li ; no la-mi to-su lo-mi}, a-ka-ra ne de-ra If I have neither knowledge of the adversary nor of myself: all combat results in defeat.

Batch Summary

Entry Tonesu Written form Key feature
S702 (AOW-001-A) a-ka-ra ne go-si ka-si-de akara ne gosi kaside First use ne go-si [X] instrumental-property predication; a-ka-ra universal-scoped warfare
S703 (AOW-001-B) ka-ra ne go-si ki kara ne gosi ki Parallel deception/speed couplet; ka-ra W222 first attestation
S704 (AOW-001-C) ra-no-fe : la-de-li ne de-ra no go-si ka-ra ranofe: ladeli ne dera no gosi kara ra-no-fe extremal in military register; de-ra (defeat) compositional first use; de-li W223 first attestation
S705 (AOW-001-D) go {la-mi to-su lo-de-li ; la-mi to-su lo-mi}, a-ka-ra ne no-de-ra go {lami tosu lodeli; lami tosu lomi}, akara ne nodera First to-su lo-[NP] relational knowledge; ; inside {} for NP conjunction; no-de-ra compositional
S706 (AOW-001-E) go {la-mi to-su lo-mi ; no la-mi to-su lo-de-li}, ka-ra ne be-ra / ka-ra ne de-ra go {lami tosu lomi; no lami tosu lodeli}, kara ne bera / kara ne dera be-ra (victory) compositional first use; / pairing alternating outcomes
S707 (AOW-001-F) go {no la-mi to-su lo-de-li ; no la-mi to-su lo-mi}, a-ka-ra ne de-ra go {no lami tosu lodeli; no lami tosu lomi}, akara ne dera Exact mirror of S705; a-ka-ra ne de-ra vs a-ka-ra ne no-de-ra minimal pair

New vocabulary: W222 ka-ra (combat/warfare), W223 de-li (adversary), W224 ka-si-de (deliberate deception). Compositional first uses: de-ra (defeat: force-decrease); be-ra (victory: force-increase); ra-no-fe (supreme excellence: ra-extremal); no-de-ra (absence of defeat); a-ka-ra (all-warfare: a-scoped ka-ra); to-su lo-[NP] relational knowledge pattern. Key finding: Tonesu has no AND coordinator for NP lists. Bilateral conditions in a go {} premise use ; (sequential: constant conjunction) to chain the two knowledge clauses. wi is the purpose frame ("in order that"), not an AND particle — confirmed in grammar.md line 927.


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