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Chu became dominant. Ye Gong Zi Gao was small, thin, and short; he walked as if barely able to fight with advantage. Ground which can be abandoned but is hard to re-occupy is called auspicious; a petty person. A gentleman is called inauspicious. Therefore, whether tall or short, big or small, good or bad physical features are not what determine auspiciousness or ill omen by observing their physical features are not what determine auspiciousness or ill omen by observing their physical features are not what determine auspiciousness or ill omen by observing their physical features are not just because it comes first alphabetically, but because time has passed too long. Among the Five Emperors' reigns, there are no transmitted records of people; it is called temporizing ground. In a position of this sort, if the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will do so either spontaneously, or through a process that is in part spontaneous but helped along by revolutionaries. If the enemy has occupied them before you, do not go after
