Get more help from Tao, less help from Mencius in the pre-Qin period.
If you attack it unprepared, you will have the right time and the right place, and you will win without fighting. The right time is not as good as the right place. The city is not too high, the pond is not too deep, the army is not very profitable, and there is not much rice, so it is not as good as people and peace. Therefore, the people in the territory do not take the government boundary, the country does not take the risk of mountains and rivers, and the world does not take advantage of war. Those who gain the Tao help more, while those who lose the Tao help less. Relatives will be there when there is no help. Help more, and the world will be at peace. Take advantage of the world and attack your relatives. A gentleman wins without fighting.
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The weather and seasons that are conducive to combat are not comparable to the geographical situation that is conducive to combat, and the geographical situation that is conducive to combat is not comparable to the people's hearts and internal unity in combat. Li San Town in Fiona Fang, only seven miles outside Fiona Fang, surrounded and attacked it, but could not win. Surrounding the city on all sides will certainly give you weather and seasons conducive to combat, but you can't win. The season is not as good as the geographical situation conducive to combat.
The city wall is not high, the moat is not deep, the weapons and equipment are not bad, and the food supply is not insufficient. However, the defending side still abandoned the city and fled, because the geographical situation of the battle was not as good as the people's hearts and internal unity. Therefore, to let the people settle down instead of moving to other places, we can't rely on drawing territorial boundaries, consolidating national defense can't rely on mountains and rivers, and shocking the world can't rely on force.
A monarch who can do "benevolent government" will have more people to help him, while a monarch who does not practice "benevolent government" will have fewer people to support him. There are very few people who support and help him, and even relatives inside and outside will betray him; With so many people supporting and helping him, everyone in the world will submit to him. On the condition that all the people in the world submit to him, attack the king whose relatives oppose betrayal. A gentleman can defeat the enemy without fighting.