<p>A simple Google search for 'art of war': </p>

<blockquote>
  <p><a href="http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html</a></p>
  
  <p>The Art of War</p>
  
  <p>By Sun Tzu</p>
  
  <p>XIII. The Use of Spies</p>
  
  <ol start="7">
  <li>Hence the use of spies, of whom there are five classes: (1) Local spies; (2) inward spies; (3) converted spies; (4) doomed spies; (5) surviving spies.</li>
  </ol>
</blockquote>

<p>故用間有五 - Hence there are five classes of spies</p>

<p>有鄉間 -  there are Local spies</p>

<p>有內間 - there are inward spies</p>

<p>有反間 - there are converted spies</p>

<p>有死間 - there are doomed spies</p>

<p>有生間 - there are surviving spies</p>

<p>You can read the explanation on the five kinds of spies on that web-page</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>So, what are you thinking about that :</p>

<p>鄉間講義開宗集註作因間直解正義作鄉間直解曰舊本</p>

<p>作鄉間今從之？？下之文以鄉間可為是故今從之識者校正之故者疑證古人之言</p>

<p>曰舉五間之目﻿ </p>

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Albakor
<p>I have good and fully understand this part of the text.
That's the other part, the commentaries who is after, what interest and ask me question.</p>

<p>I have a beginning :</p>

<p>鄉間講義開宗集註作因間XX正義作鄉間XXXXX作鄉間XXXXXXXXXX鄉間XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  XXX間XX</p>

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Albakor
<p>Is this possible for you to transcript (and translate ?) this old chinese text : </p>

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<p>That's commentaries about this Sun tzu "Art of War" quotation :
故用間有五：有鄉間，有內間，有反間，有死間，有生間。 </p>

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Chinese commentary about a Sun Tzu quotation
# Chinese commentary about a Sun Tzu quotation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-05)

Is this possible for you to transcript (and translate ?) this old chinese text :

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That's commentaries about this Sun tzu "Art of War" quotation :
故用間有五：有鄉間，有內間，有反間，有死間，有生間。

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-05. Score: 1

A simple Google search for 'art of war':

> <http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html>
>
> The Art of War
>
> By Sun Tzu
>
> XIII. The Use of Spies
>
> 7. Hence the use of spies, of whom there are five classes: (1) Local spies; (2) inward spies; (3) converted spies; (4) doomed spies; (5) surviving spies.

故用間有五 - Hence there are five classes of spies

有鄉間 - there are Local spies

有內間 - there are inward spies

有反間 - there are converted spies

有死間 - there are doomed spies

有生間 - there are surviving spies

You can read the explanation on the five kinds of spies on that web-page


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### Answer by username_0 on 2019-06-07. Score: 0

So, what are you thinking about that :

鄉間講義開宗集註作因間直解正義作鄉間直解曰舊本

作鄉間今從之？？下之文以鄉間可為是故今從之識者校正之故者疑證古人之言

曰舉五間之目﻿


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### Answer by username_0 on 2019-06-06. Score: 0

I have good and fully understand this part of the text.
That's the other part, the commentaries who is after, what interest and ask me question.

I have a beginning :

鄉間講義開宗集註作因間XX正義作鄉間XXXXX作鄉間XXXXXXXXXX鄉間XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXX間XX


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