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[Ts'ao Kung's note is, freely translated: "The military sphere

and the civil sphere are wholly distinct; you can't handle an

army in kid gloves." And Chang Yu says: "Humanity and justice are

the principles on which to govern a state, but not an army;

opportunism and flexibility, on the other hand, are military

rather than civil virtues to assimilate the governing of an

army"-to that of a State, understood.]

15. (3) By employing the officers of his army without

discrimination,

[That is, he is not careful to use the right man in the right

place.]

through ignorance of the military principle of adaptation to

circumstances. This shakes the confidence of the soldiers.