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6. Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams;

like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away but to return once more.

7. There are not more than five musical notes,

yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.

8. There are not more than five primary colours,

yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever be seen.

9. There are not more than five cardinal tastes,

yet combinations of them yield more flavours than can ever be tasted.