The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without
fearing disgrace,
It was Wellington, I think, who said that the hardest thing of all
for a soldier is to retreat.
whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for
his sovereign,
合, which is omitted by the _T‘u Shu_, is said by Ch‘ên Hao to be
equivalent to 歸. If it had to be separately translated, it would
be something like our word “accrue.”
is the jewel of the kingdom.
A noble presentment, in few words, of the Chinese “happy warrior.”
Such a man, says Ho Shih, 罪及其身不悔也 “even if he had to suffer
punishment, would not regret his conduct.”