Treating Troops-Sun Zi

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Treating Troops by Sun Zi

English: When the general regards his troops as infants, they will be willing to follow him through the greatest threats and gravest danger. When the general treats his troops like beloved sons, they will be willing to support and die for him. An army may be so overly pampered by the general that it cannot be useful, so excessively loved that it cannot be commanded and so disorderly that it cannot be disciplined. Such and army is like a bunch of spoilt and arrogant brats , and cannot be deployed.

Modern: 将帅对待士卒能够像对待婴儿那样关切，士卒就可以随将帅赴汤蹈火；将帅对待士卒像对待自己的儿子那样，士卒就会与将帅共患难、共生死。但是，对待士卒如果厚待而不能使用，溺爱而不能命令，违法乱纪也不能严肃处理，这样的军队就像娇惯的子女一样，不能用来作战。

Original: 视卒如婴儿，故可与之赴深溪；视卒如爱子，故可与与之俱死。厚而不能使，爱而不能令，乱而不能治，譬如骄子，不可用也。

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From: Sun Zi Art of War Chapter 10