Soldiers when in desperate straits lose the sense of fear. If there is
no place of refuge, they will stand firm. If they are in the heart of
a hostile country, they will show a stubborn front.
Capt. Calthrop weakly says: “there is unity,” as though the text
were 則專, as in § 20. But 拘 introduces quite a new idea—that of
_tenacity_—which Ts‘ao Kung tries to explain by the word 縛 “to
bind fast.”
If there is no help for it, they will fight hard.