[16] Messengers and others, who do not disguise their identity, are included under this heading.
[17] Literally, right and left men, i.e. they who sat on either side.
[18] All numbers connected with weapons were Yin, that is to say—even, or belonging to the negative principle of Chinese philosophy from their connection with death.
[19] The back of a turtle was burnt, and the answer was ascertained by the manner in which the shell split.
[20] Halberd, shield, javelin, pike, and short pike.
[21] Silently.
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reap advantage; the wrangles of a multitude are frought with peril.
reap advantage; the wrangles of a multitude are fraught with peril.