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School of the Military -> Wu Zi -> 图国 -> 3 - Additional information
吴子曰:“夫道者,所以反本复始。义者,所以行事立功。谋者,所以违害就利。要者,所以保业守成。若行不合道,举不合义,而处大居贵,患必及之。是以圣人绥之以道,理之以义,动之以礼,抚之以仁。此四德者,修之则兴,废之则衰。故成汤讨桀而夏民喜悦,周武伐纣而殷人不非。举顺天人,故能然矣。”