33. 軍擾者將不重也旌旗動者亂也吏怒者倦也

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general’s authority is weak.

If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot.

The _T‘ung Tien_ and _Yü Lan_ omit 旌.

If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.

And therefore, as Capt. Calthrop says, slow to obey. Tu Yu

understands the sentence differently: “If all the officers of an

army are angry with their general, it means that they are broken

with fatigue” [owing to the exertions which he has demanded from

them].

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