THE GOVERNMENT OF A COUNTRY
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“To hesitate before the enemy is not a cause for righteousness; remorse for the fallen is not true humanity.”
And when Lord Wen heard these words, he himself spread a seat, and his wife offered up a cup, and Wu was appointed general before the altar.
Now, in the defence of Hsihe against different states there were fought seventy-six great fights, of which sixty-four were complete victories, and the remainder undecided. And the kingdom grew and stretched 1,000 leagues on every side, which was all due to the virtue of Wu.
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the government of a country
And Wu the Master said:—
The mighty rulers of old first trained their retainers, and then extended their regard to their outlying feudatories.
There are four discords:—
