A Grave Warning: To Use the Uninstructed in War Is to Abandon Them

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Confucius said: “To employ the people in war without having instructed them is to abandon them.”

To lead an uninstructed people to war, is to throw them away.

以不教民战，是谓弃之。

Source: The Analects, Zi Lu XIII, Chapter 30

Author: Confucius

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