Commentary 5 on the Righteous and the Unjust

There is much help for the Tao, but little help for the unjust, from "Mencius: Gongsun Chouxia": "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.

Explanation: Standing on the side of justice, you will get the support and help of the majority; If you violate morality, you will be isolated.

Original. 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 without victory.

If the husband attacks it around the circle, there will be those who will have the right time, but those who will not win will not be able to win the right time. 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 region do not use the boundaries of the frontier to secure the country, do not use the dangers of mountains and streams to consolidate the country, and do not use the benefits of the military revolution to threaten the world. 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 obedience of the world, attack the side of relatives, so if the gentleman does not fight, the battle will be won.

Exegesis. [people] are popular and united internally; The city of three miles] the inner city within a radius of three miles; Guo] Outer City; Ring] encirclement Tianshi] refers to the weather and season that are conducive to combat Geographical advantage] refers to the geographical situation that is conducive to combat Pool] moat; Bing Ge] generally refers to ** equipment; Soldier**; leather, armor, armor for protection, etc.; Waiver; [Go] to leave; domain] is used here as a verb and is the meaning of restricting; Frontiers demarcated by feudal territory are consolidated; mountain streams] topography; Enlightened] the monarch who implements benevolent government Lost the way] The monarch who does not practice benevolent government to] extreme; "betrayal": betrayal so.

Translations. The weather and seasons that are conducive to operations are not as good as the geographical conditions that are conducive to operations, and the geographical conditions that are conducive to operations are not as good as the popular aspirations and internal unity of the people in operations. A small city with a radius of three miles, and the outer city with a radius of only seven miles, surrounded and attacked it, but could not win.

To encircle and attack it, we must have obtained weather and seasons that were favorable to combat, but we could not win because the weather and seasons conducive to combat were not as good as the geographical conditions conducive to combat. The city wall is not low, the moat is not deep, the equipment is not strong and sharp, and the food is not too much, but (the defenders) abandoned the city and fled because the geographical situation favorable to the battle was not as good as the popular and internal unity in the battle. Therefore, if the people settle down and not move to other places, we cannot rely on the demarcation of the boundaries of the frontiers, the consolidation of national defense cannot rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and the deterrence of the world cannot rely on the strength of force, and the monarch who exercises benevolent government will receive more help and support for him, and the monarch who does not exercise benevolent government will have fewer people who will be helped and supported by him.

Helping others to the extreme, both inside and outside the relatives betrayed him. He helped others to the extreme, and everyone in the world turned to him. With the condition that all the people in the world are submissive to him, he attacks those who have been betrayed by his relatives inside and outside, so if the gentleman does not fight, he will definitely win the battle.

Those who practice benevolence and morality will receive help from many people, and those who do not practice will not receive help from others.

Lala, I'm a spinach.

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.

Of course, it means this, but it means a turning point.

Source: Sengoku. Mencius, "There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust".

Excerpt from the original text: 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.

Translation: The inner city within a radius of three miles, and the outer city within a radius of seven miles, surround it and attack it, but it cannot be won. If we attack a city by encircling a city, we must have obtained weather and seasons that are conducive to combat, but we cannot win, because the weather and seasons that are conducive to operations are not as good as the geographical situation that is conducive to operations.