In the text, Sun Bin's knee was chopped off, and he wrote a book on the art of war…What was the use of ellipses here?
Ellipses are usually used to leave out parts of the text to better express the author's intentions or to avoid too much text. In this sentence, the ellipsis meant that Sun Bin was still able to write the art of war after his knee was cut off, which meant that his spirit was not affected too much. In addition, ellipses can also be used to indicate that some content in the text has not been discovered or described, or that some content has been omitted in order to express a certain logic or idea more clearly. For example, in the following sentence, the ellipsis indicates that the author omitted part of the content in order to better express his thoughts: He (the author) slowly put his fingers into his hair and gently stroked his scalp. He took a deep breath and continued to caress her. I hope this example will help you better understand the use of ellipses.