6. 故可與之死可與之生而民不畏危

_The Moral Law_ causes the people to be in complete accord with their

ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives,

undismayed by any danger.

The original text omits 令民, inserts an 以 after each 可, and

omits 民 after 而. Capt. Calthrop translates: “If the ruling

authority be upright, the people are united”—a very pretty

sentiment, but wholly out of place in what purports to be a

translation of Sun Tzŭ.

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