One's soldier should not abuse the enemy. 'Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.

One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says: "To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study is dangerous."

One must never be perfidious to his master. In the Lun Yu it says: One should act according to the way even in times of haste. One should act according to the way even in times of danger. It says further: 'When one is serving his master, he should exert himself.'

The man who hunts a deer does not gaze at the mountains.

One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long and short of him will be known.'

When one would make a surprise attack on the enemy, he should avoid the major roads and seek out the lesser ones. Then attack.

One's soldier should not abuse the enemy. 'Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.