The Master said, "To lead an uninstructed people to war, is to throw them away."

29. HOW THE GOVERNMENT OF A GOOD RULER WILL PREPARE THE PEOPLE FOR WAR.善人, 'a good man',—spoken with reference to him as a ruler. The teaching is not to be understood of military training, but of the duties of life and citizenship; a people so taught are morally fitted to fight for their government. What military training may be included in the teaching, would merely be the hunting and drilling in the people's repose from the toils of agriculture. 戎, 'weapons of war'. 可以即戎, —'they may go to their weapons'.

30. THAT PEOPLE MUST BE TAUGHT, TO PREPARE THEM FOR WAR. Comp. the last ch. The lang. is very strong, and 教 being understood as in last ch., show how Conf. valued education for all classes.