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“The art of war recognises nine varieties of ground: dispersive, facile, contentious, open, ground of intersecting highways, serious, difficult, hemmed-in, and desperate.”
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Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 11: The Nine Situations
Name the nine grounds.
What it means

Situations differ by the ground you are on; classify correctly and the right rule follows.

Use it todayName which of the nine grounds your current situation actually is.
Today’s questionAm I applying the right rule for the ground I am really on?
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