The Power of Good Instruction: Seven Years to Make a People Ready for War

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Confucius said: “If a good man instructs the people for seven years, they may then be sent to war.”

Let a good man teach the people seven years, and they may then likewise be employed in war.

善人教民七年，亦可以即戎矣。

Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 29

Author: Confucius

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