Next　day　Hu　Ban's　soldiers　approached　closer　and　challenged　to　battle；　swaggering　about　and　brandishing　their　weapons　and　shouting　volleys　of　abuse　without　end。　They　manifested　contempt　by　throwing　off　their　armor　and　clothing　and　moving　to　and　fro　with　the　utmost　carelessness；　bare　bodies　and　naked　forms；　blatantly　unready　to　fight。　Some　even　sat　or　lay　asleep。

Xu　Sheng　and　Ding　Feng　came　to　the　mander's　tent　to　plain；　saying；　〃Those　Shu　soldiers　despise　us　so　much。　Let　us　go　out　and　punish　them！〃

＇e＇　Sun　Zi　（aka　Sun　Wu；　Sunzi；　Suntzu；　Sun…tzu；　Sun　tzu）　the　author　of　the　famed　treatise　The　Art　of　War。　A　general　of　Wu　in　the　Spring　and　Autumn　period；　Sun　Zi　made　her　the　mightiest　state　during　his　lifetime　by　defeating　Chu　and　conquering　Yue。　His　treatise　the　Art　of　War　is　still　avidly　read　today　by　many。　。。。。。

＇e＇　Wu　Qi；　aka　Wu　Zi；　a　famous　general　in　the　Warring　States　period。　He　first　served　Lu；　then　went　to　Wei；　his　native；　and　led　Wei　army　against　Qin。　He　made　enemies　in　Wei；　so　he　fled　to　Chu；　where　King　Dao　made　him　prime　minister。　Wu　Qi　made　Chu　a　powerful　state；　expanded　her　territory；　defended　her　against　Wei；　Zhao；　and　Han；　and　attacked　Qin。　Wu　Qi　is　the　author　of　a　military　treatise　named　〃Wu　Qi's　Art　of　War〃。　。。。。。

But　Lu　Xun　only　smiled；　saying；　〃You　see　things　from　the　view　point　of　brute　courage。　You　seem　not　to　know　the　principles　of　war　laid　down　by　Sun　Zi*　and　Wu　Qi*。　This　display　is　only　meant　to　entice　us　into　fight。　You　will　see　the　pretense　yourselves　in　about　three　days。〃

〃In　three　days　the　change　of　camp　will　be　plete；　and　the　enemy　will　be　too　strongly　posted　for　our　success；〃　said　they。

〃I　am　just　letting　them　move　their　camp。〃

Xu　Sheng　and　Ding　Feng　left　the　tent　also　sniggering。

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