將有三禮
The General's Three Practices
武王問太公曰:「吾欲令三軍之眾,攻城爭先登,野戰爭先赴,聞金聲而怒,聞鼓聲而喜,為之奈何?」太公曰:「將有三。」武王曰:「敢問其目。」太公曰:「將冬不服裘,夏不操扇,雨不張蓋,名曰禮將;將不身服禮,無以知士卒之寒暑。出隘塞,犯泥塗,將必先下步,名曰力將。將不身服力,無以知士卒之勞苦。軍皆定次,將乃就舍,炊者皆熟,將乃就食,軍不舉火,將亦不舉,名曰止欲將。將不身服止欲,無以知士卒之饑飽。將與士卒共寒暑、勞苦、饑飽,故三軍之眾,聞鼓聲則喜,聞金聲則怒。高城深池,矢石繁下,士爭先登;白刃始合,士爭先赴。士非好死而樂傷也,為其將知寒暑、饑飽之審,而見勞苦之明也。」
King Wu asked Taigong: 'I wish to make the soldiers of my three armies, when storming cities, compete to be first to scale the walls; in field battles, compete to be first to charge; grow fierce at the sound of gongs and eager at the sound of drums. How can this be achieved?' Taigong said: 'There are three types of general.' King Wu said: 'Please describe them.' Taigong said: 'A general who in winter does not wear furs, in summer does not carry a fan, and in rain does not put up a canopy — this is called the General of Propriety. If the general does not personally practice propriety, he cannot know the cold and heat his soldiers endure. When passing through narrow defiles and trudging through mud, the general must be the first to dismount and walk — this is called the General of Effort. If the general does not personally practice effort, he cannot know the toil and hardship his soldiers endure. When the army has all settled into camp, only then does the general take his quarters. When the cooks have all finished, only then does the general eat. When the army does not light fires, the general also does not light fires — this is called the General of Restrained Desire. If the general does not personally practice restraint, he cannot know the hunger and satiety of his soldiers. When the general shares cold and heat, toil and hardship, hunger and satiety with his soldiers, then the soldiers of the three armies will rejoice at the sound of drums and grow fierce at the sound of gongs. Before high walls and deep moats, with arrows and stones raining down, the soldiers will compete to be first to climb. When bare blades clash, the soldiers will compete to be first to charge. The soldiers do not love death or enjoy wounds — it is because their general truly knows their cold and heat, their hunger and satiety, and clearly sees their toil and hardship.'
