存亡之道 cún wáng zhī dào

cún wáng zhī dào phrase a path either to safety or to ruin
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 1 (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Giles 1910, p. 1)