Manœuvring with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined
multitude, most dangerous.
I here adopt the reading of the T‘ung Tien, Chêng Yu-hsien and the
_T‘u Shu_, where 衆 appears to supply the exact _nuance_ required
in order to make sense. The standard text, on the other hand, in
which 軍 is repeated, seems somewhat pointless. The commentators
take it to mean that manœuvres may be profitable, or they may be
dangerous: it all depends on the ability of the general. Capt.
Calthrop translates 衆爭 “the wrangles of a multitude”!