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None of these is mentioned again, though the first is hardly to

be distinguished from ground no. 4 in the next chapter. At last,

in chap. XI, we come to the Nine Grounds par excellence,

immediately followed by the variations. This takes us down to §

14. In §§ 43-45, fresh definitions are provided for nos. 5, 6, 2,

8 and 9 (in the order given), as well as for the tenth ground

noticed in chap. VIII; and finally, the nine variations are

enumerated once more from beginning to end, all, with the

exception of 5, 6 and 7, being different from those previously

given. Though it is impossible to account for the present state

of Sun Tzŭ's text, a few suggestive facts maybe brought into

prominence: (1) Chap. VIII, according to the title, should deal

with nine variations, whereas only five appear. (2) It is an

abnormally short chapter. (3) Chap. XI is entitled The Nine

Grounds. Several of these are defined twice over, besides which

there are two distinct lists of the corresponding variations.