18. 主不可以怒而興師將不可以愠而致戰

No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own

spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.

Again compare Lao Tzŭ, ch. 68: 善戰者不怒. Chang Yü says that 愠 is

a weaker word than 怒, and is therefore applied to the general as

opposed to the sovereign. The _T‘ung Tien_ and _Yü Lan_ read 軍

for 師, and the latter 合 for 致.

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