Status Updates From L'arte della guerra

... For one, [Giles'sbeing stupid] for not counting in the great breadth devoted to logistics and supply - lines of supply being, more or less, lines of communication, are one and the same, encirclement a fatal blow to both. But, for two, when they aren't, context is vital. China is big - so Napoleon can speak of lines of communication and be right, but by the time of Berolina, a message to Paris won't/can't do shit

Lionel Giles being a chauvinist pest with the Anglo-Saxon's selective grasp of critical thought, again:

... A strange lack of logical perception is shown in the Chinaman's unquestionably acceptance of glaring sub-divisions

and, there again, (pp. 340-1) is critical of insufficient regard for line of communication - which I think is somehwat stupid of him...

Gain and harm give rise to each other.