Confucian Analects · Analects 13.29
The Master said, 'Let a good man teach the people seven years, and they may then likewise be employed in war.'
Chinese · source text【廿九章】子曰、善人教民七年、亦可以即戎矣。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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