A simple Google search for 'art of war': >http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html >XIII. The Use of Spies >7. Hence the use of spies, of whom there are five classes: (1) Local spies; (2) inward spies; (3) converted spies; (4) doomed spies; (5) surviving spies. 故用間有五 - Hence there are five classes of spies 有鄉間 - there are Local spies 有內間 - there are inward spies 有反間 - there are converted spies 有死間 - there are doomed spies 有生間 - there are surviving spies You can read the explanation on the five kinds of spies on that web-page