In the translation below, 其 is translated as his, relating to to opponent – “his army”, “his plans”, etc., but as 其 stands at the beginning of the phrase, is it possible it relates to “highest warfare” in the previous phrase, i.e. “… its next next [best] is attacking the army,” etc.?

Simplified form of 遠 is 远 (only the traditional form is shown in this table)

遠 is read yuàn for verb sense 4. example: 君子遠庖廚 (from 孟子， see https://pedia.cloud.edu.tw/Entry/Detail/?title=%E5%90%9B%E5%AD%90%E9%81%A0%E5%BA%96%E5%BB%9A )

This one is the most difficult, because “people don’t know” is so vague. It’s difficult to see that 君子 is the topic.

Wow! 哇！Thank you: this is a treasure!

-dlj.

I think it should be K’ung Ch’iu = Kǒngqiū 孔丘 (the birth name of Confucius)

之 here is referring to the enemy?  “示之” – “show to him (the enemy)”?

According to this translation of line 3, should the original text not be punctuated as:   子出门，人问曰：何谓乎？

According to this translation of line 3, should the original text not be punctuated as:

子出门，人问曰：何谓乎？