Confucian Analects · Analects 13.30
The Master said, 'To lead an uninstructed people to war, is to throw them away.'
Chinese · source text【三十章】子曰、以不教民戰、是謂棄之。
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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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