The original text of the commentary on the enlightened one

The translation of the Chinese text of the righteous and the unrighteous and the unrighteous is as follows.

1. The weather and seasons that are conducive to combat are not as good as the geographical situation that is conducive to combat; The geographical situation conducive to the operation is not comparable to the popular desire and internal unity in the operation. A small city with a radius of three miles, but an outer city with a radius of seven miles, surrounded on all sides and attacked it, but could not win. Attacking a city by encircling it on all sides must have obtained weather and seasons that are conducive to combat, but it cannot be won, because the weather and seasons that are conducive to operations are not as good as the geographical situation that is conducive to operations.

2. The city wall is not high, the moat is not deep, the equipment is not sophisticated, and the food supply is not insufficient, but the defender of the city still abandons the city and flees, because the geographical situation of the battle (no matter how good) it is, it is not as good as the people's hearts and internal unity. Therefore, the management of the common people cannot only rely on the boundaries of the demarcated territory, the consolidation of national defense cannot rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and the conquest of the world cannot rely on the strength of force. A monarch who can implement "benevolent government" will have more people who will help him, and a monarch who cannot practice "benevolent government" will have fewer people who will support and help him.

The number of people who help him is extremely small, and his brothers will betray him; The number of people who helped him was so great that all the people of the world would submit to him. On the condition that all the people of the world submit to him, he went to attack the king of widowhood who was opposed even by his relatives, so that the monarch (who can practice "benevolent government") did not fight, and the war was sure to be won.

The original text of "There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust" is as follows:

The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. The city of three miles, the Guo of seven miles, the ring and attack it without victory. If the husband attacks it, there will be those who have the right time; However, the invincible is not as good as the time and the place.

The city is not high, the pool is not deep, the military revolution is not strong, and the rice millet is not much; Entrusted to go, the geographical advantage is not as good as the people.

Therefore, it is said: The people of the domain do not use the boundaries of the frontier, the country does not use the danger of mountains and streams, and the world does not take the benefits of the military revolution. Those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help.

The widow is helpless, and the relatives are beside them; If you help more, the world will follow it. With the world's obedience, attack the relatives of the side, so the gentleman does not fight, the battle will be won.

The full text is translated as follows: The weather that is conducive to marching and fighting is not as good as the terrain that is conducive to war; The terrain is good for battle, and it is not as good as the unity of the soldiers. Suppose there is a city within a radius of three miles within the inner city and seven miles from the outer city, and the enemy besieges them without victory.

When the enemy besieges this small city, there must be suitable weather to fight, and if the attack is not won, it is because the suitable weather is not as good as the terrain conducive to battle.

The walls are not low, the moat is not deep, the military ** is not not sharp enough, and the food is not too much; However, the defending army abandoned the city and fled, because of the terrain at the time of the battle.

Therefore it is said: to make the people settle down, not to rely on the boundaries of the periphery; To stabilize the country's national defense strength, we cannot rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers; To deter the world, we cannot rely on the sharpness of weapons. If you have the hearts of the people and win from the people, you will definitely get the support and support of the people; If you don't have the support of the people and are not good for the people, you will not get the support of the people, and you will become a lonely person.

There are very few people who help you, and even relatives will stay away and betray you; If there are many people who help you, then all the people of the world will obey, and they can use the power of the world to attack the betrayal. Therefore, a gentleman who has attained the Tao will either not fight, but if he does, he will win.

The weather conducive to combat is not comparable to the geographical situation conducive to combat; The geographical situation conducive to operations is not comparable to internal unity in operations. For the inner city within a radius of three miles, and the outer city within a radius of seven miles, it is impossible to win by besieging and attacking. (Because) to besiege and siege a city, it is necessary to have the help of heaven and time, but it cannot be victorious, because the time is not as good as the place.

The city wall is not high, the moat is not deep, the equipment is not excellent, and the food is not insufficient, but the people who defend the city have abandoned the city and fled. Therefore, to enable the people to settle down and not move to other places, we cannot rely only on the borders of the territory, we cannot only rely on the dangers of the terrain to stabilize the country, and we cannot rely only on strong troops and sharp weapons to deter the world.

A monarch who is able to govern benevolently will receive more help, and vice versa. If you don't help to the extreme, your relatives will betray you. Get a lot of help, and the world will be convinced. By virtue of the fact that all the world is obedient to you, and fight against all the betrayals and detached people, the monarch who can do benevolent government will win without fighting.

The weather and seasons that are conducive to operations are not as good as the geographical situation that is conducive to operations, and the geographical situation that is conducive to operations is not as good as the popular aspirations and internal unity of the people in operations. The inner city within a radius of three miles, and the outer city within a radius of seven miles, surrounded and attacked it, but could not win. Siege must have been in favor of the weather and season, but it cannot be won, because the weather and season conducive to the battle are not as good as the geographical situation that is conducive to the war.

The city wall is not low, the moat is not deep, the equipment is not poor, and the food supply is not insufficient, but the defenders of the city still abandon the city and flee, which is (because) the geographical situation of the battle (no matter how good) (also) is not as popular as the people's desire and internal unity. Therefore, to make the people settle down (and not to move to other places), we cannot rely on the boundaries of the territory, we cannot rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers to consolidate national defense, and we cannot rely on the sharpness of the world to deter the world.

A monarch who practices benevolent government will have more people who will help him, and fewer people who will help him if he does not exercise benevolent government. There are very few people who support and help him, and even his brothers will betray him; There are so many people who support and help him that all the people in the world will submit to him. On the condition that all the people of the world submit to him, he will attack the unaided king, who has betrayed him even by his brothers, so that the king (who can do benevolent government) will win without a fight.

Those who have the posture of feasting the Tao have many helps, and those who have lost the Tao have few helps, which translates as:

Exercise benevolent governance. From Mencius's "those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help".

The original text is as follows: The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. The city of three miles, the Guo of seven miles, the ring and attack it without victory.

If the husband attacks it, there will be those who have the right time, but the one who does not win is not as good as the location. The city is not high, the pool is not deep, the military revolution is not strong, and the rice millet is not much. Therefore, it is said:

The people of the domain do not use the boundaries of the frontier, the country does not take the risk of mountains and streams, and the world does not take the benefits of the military revolution. Those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help. The widow is helpless, and the relatives are (rebellious).

If you help more, the world will follow it. With the obedience of the world, attack the side of relatives (rebellion), so the gentleman does not fight, and the battle will be won.

Those who have attained enlightenment are much helped, but those who have lost their way are rarely helped.

Those who have attained the Tao will help those who have lost the Tao and have little help, which means that they will get the support and help of the majority of the people when they stand in terms of justice and benevolence. If we violate morality and benevolence, we will inevitably fall into isolation.

those who get the way help more than those who lose the way.