jiāng jūn zhī guān
Also rendered: office of the commander (將 as commander) · office of the military leader (Descriptive)
Reviewed · 2026-09
At a glance
The liver’s office, and the pairing that makes it intelligible: what issues from the liver is 謀慮, planning and deliberation — the general’s business is counsel before it is force. The gallbladder that follows is where the counsel becomes a verdict. Read together, the two offices are one movement: the liver weighs, the gallbladder decides.
Passages where the term does real work, with the original, pinyin and English on the same line.
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| Common English | office of the general | Standard and adequate. |
| This site | office of the general | Kept as it is, with the gloss carrying the weight: the point of the office is 謀慮, so the reader is told that the general here plans rather than strikes. |
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