28. Tzu-lu asked, When can a man be called a knight?
The Master said, To be earnest, encouraging and kind may be called knighthood: earnest and encouraging with his friends, and kind to his brothers.
29. The Master said, If a good man taught the people for seven years, they would be fit to bear arms too.
30. The Master said, To take untaught men to war is called throwing them away.
FOOTNOTES:
[125] See note to [Book VII], § 14. Tzu-lu was his officer.
[126] Tzu-lu.
[127] Jan Yu. He was in the service of the Chi, not of the Duke of Lu.