Secrets, divulged by a spy, 170. Sedan, capitulation of, 17. Self-possession, 67. Sensitiveness in a general, 79. Sentries, 171. Serious ground, 117, 119, 135, 137. Seven considerations, 1, 4. Sha-yüan, 168. Shan-shan, 139; King of, 150, 151. Shang dynasty, 173. Shên, Duke of, 110. Shên-wu of Ch‘i, 168. Shên Yu, a commentator, xli. Shepherd driving sheep, 133. Sheridan, General, 47. _Shih Chi_, objection to the chronology of, xxvi; quoted, xi, xiii, xv, xx, xlv, 40, 58, 80, 84, 90, 124, 128; referred to, xvi, xxii, xxiv, xxxiv, xlvi, xlvii, xlix, 1. _See also_ Ssŭ-ma Ch‘ien. _Shih Ching_, quoted, xvi, 61, 62; referred to, 14. Shih Huang Ti, 127, 142. Shih K‘uang, 29. _Shih L‘iu Ts‘ê_, lii. Shih Ssŭ-ming, the rebel leader, 65. _Shu Ching_, quoted, xv; referred to, xlvii, xlviii. _Shu Lu Chieh T‘i_, xxiii. _Shuai-jan_, the, xxvi, 128, 129. _Shuo Wên_, quoted, 94, 117, 160. Sicilian expedition, 118. Sieges, 10, 18, 19, 73. Sight, sharp, 29. Signal-fires, 65. Signals, 33. Signs, observation of, 88. Situations, the nine. _See_ Nine grounds. Six Chancellors of the Ch‘in State, 142. “Six States” period, xxii. Skilful fighter, the, 30. Skilful leaders of old, 120. Solidarity of troops, 123. Sôphanes at Plataea, 129. Sovereign, the, 55; the wise, 163. Spies, xlix, 52, 147, 148; converted, 90, 166, 172, 173; doomed, 167, 172, 173; five classes of, 164; Frederick’s classification of, 168; importance of, 175; intimate relations to be maintained with, 168; inward, 165, 172; local, 164, 172; surviving, 167, 172; to be properly paid, 162, 169. Spirit, an army’s, 65, 66. Spirits, 163. “Spy,” evolution of the character meaning, 160. Spying, end and aim of, 173. _Ssŭ K‘u Ch‘üan Shu Chien Ming Mu Lu_, quoted, l, li, lii. _Ssŭ K‘u Ch‘üan Tsung Mu T‘i Yao_, quoted, xx, xli, l; referred to, xl, lii, liii. Ssŭ-ma Ch‘ien, xiv, xx; quoted, xi, xii, xlv; credibility of his narrative, xxvi; his letter to Jên An, referred to, xlvi; his mention of the 13 chapters, xxx. See also _Shih Chi_. _Ssŭ-ma Fa_, l; quoted, xvi, 14, 17, 78, 126, 143. Ssŭ-ma I, 46, 51, 122. Ssŭ-ma Jang-chü, xxii, 1, 98. Stagnation, 157. Standard text of Sun Tzŭ. _See_ Sun Tzŭ. Stellar Mansions, the twenty-eight, 153. Stonewall Jackson, biography of, quoted, 42, 59, 131. Strategy and tactics, 52. Strength, great, 29. Stupidity, to be feigned, 145. Su Hsün, quoted, xlii. _Su Shu_, an ethical treatise, li. Subdivisions of an army. 17, 33, 39. _Sui Shu_, quoted, 151; bibliographical section of, quoted, xviii, xli; referred to, xxxvi, liii. Sun Hao, a commentator, xli. Sun Hsing-yen, xxxii; his edition of Sun Tzŭ, ix; his preface, xxxiv; quoted, xvi, xxix, xxx, xxxi, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxvi, xlviii. Sun Pin, xii, xv, xvi, 40. _Sun Tzŭ_, archaic words in, xxiv; bibliographical description of edition used, xxxiv; corruptions in the text of, xxxi; difficult passages in, xxxiv; state of the text, 138; probable date of the work, xxviii.