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Legalism -> Shang Jun Shu -> Discussion about the People -> 6

If the people are brave,
they should be rewarded with what they desire;
if they are timorous,
they should be put to death in a manner they hate.
使In this way timorous people, being incited by punishments,
will become brave;
使and the brave, being encouraged by rewards,
will fight to the death.
If timorous people become brave, and the brave fight to the death, the country having no equal will certainly attain supremacy.


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