796, "Sima Law" benevolence first

"Good! At this point, I have finished explaining all the "Wu Zi" Art of War, and now I will ask General Murong to explain "Sima Law" for us. ”

After Song Kejin, the deputy envoy of Zhenxi, finished speaking, he saw Murong Tianshui smile and said: "It's still early, before lunch, I think I can still finish explaining the "Sima Law". It is hoped that all officers and men of the army will listen patiently to the lectures and draw knowledge and experience from them to strengthen and arm our minds. Just as Wu Zi said, 'Cultivating virtue and virtue internally, and administering military preparedness externally,' our troops should strengthen training 'inside and outside' in this way. Next, I will begin to talk about Sima Fa. ”

So, Murong Tianshui opened the "Sima Law" and said to the whole army: "The "Sima Law" was written by Sima Sui Tho. Sima Sui Tho is Tian Sui Tho, because he was appointed as the great Sima and ordered his art of war to be called "Sima Law". According to the "Historical Records: The Biography of Sima Sui Tho", he should be a native of Qi in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Qi Xiangyan Ying thought that he was 'capable of possessing the public with literature and powerful with martial arts', and recommended him to Qi Jinggong as a general. Tian Sui Tho governed the army strictly, enforced the law uprightly, was proficient in the art of war, and was famous for defeating Jin and Yan. The content of the military thought of "Sima Law" is quite rich, and it is different from other pre-Qin military books such as "The Art of War" and "Wu Zi" The Art of War, which is mainly based on the recounting of ancient military rites or military laws and various provisions of rewards and punishments, which has special value and has been valued by soldiers of all dynasties and many scholars who study ancient etiquette. The following is the text of the Sima Law——"

Renben first

The ancients were based on benevolence, and the rule of righteousness was right, and the right was not obtained. The power comes from the war, not from the Chinese. Therefore, killing people is peaceful, and it is okay to kill them; Attack its country, love its people, and attack it; Stop the war with war, although it is okay to fight. Therefore, benevolence sees relatives, righteousness sees words, wisdom sees fear, courage sees body, and relatives see faith. Inner love is loved, so keep it; The outside is mighty, so the war is also.

The way of war is not against time, and it does not go through the people's illness, so I love my people; does not mourn, does not cause murder, so love the husband and his people; Winter and summer do not prosper teachers, so they also love their people. Although the kingdom is great, the warlike will perish; Although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous. The world is flat, and the world is great. Spring and autumn, the princes of the spring brigade, autumn soldiers, so do not forget to fight.

The ancients, running no more than a hundred steps, no more than three rounds, is to know its courtesy; It is not poor to be able to pity the wounded and sick, but to show its benevolence; Forming columns and drums is to make clear their faith; Fighting for righteousness and not for profit is to make it clear that it is benevolent; There is also a sacrifice service, which is to show its bravery; Knowing the end and knowing the beginning is to know its wisdom. The six virtues are taught in time, and they think that the way of civil discipline is also the way of government since ancient times.

The rule of the first king, the way of the heavens, the appropriateness of the land, the virtue of the officials and the people, and the right name to govern things. Establish a country and distinguish positions, divide the lords, the princes say that they are nostalgic, they come to serve overseas, they are imprisoned and the soldiers are sleeping, and the rule of saintliness is also.

Secondly, the ritual and music laws of the virtuous king are made of five punishments (five kinds of punishments, such as finger ink, slashing, slashing, palace, and dapi, that is, five punishments such as piercing the face, cutting off the nose, digging out the kneecaps or cutting off the feet, castration, castration, and beheading). ), Xingjia soldiers to beg for injustice, patrol hunters, will be princes, test different. When he lost his life and was chaotic, he rebelled against virtue and rebellion, and the prince who was in danger and meritorious was reported to the princes and showed that he was guilty. It is to tell the emperor God the sun, moon and stars, and pray to the mountains and rivers of the four seas of the earth, and it is made in the former king. Then Tsukasa Zai levied on the princes and said: "A certain country is not a way, and it is levied." If you go to a certain country with a certain year, month and day, you will be punished by the Son of Heaven. Tsukasa Zai and the hundred officials issued an order to Yu Jun, saying: "In the land of sinners, there are no violent gods, no field hunting, no soil destruction, no burnt walls, no felling of forests, and no equipment for taking six animals and corn." When you see their old and young, don't hurt them; Although the strong are encountered, they are not enemies; If the enemy is injured, the medicine will return to him. "Now that they have been convicted, the king and his princes have repaired their kingdoms, and they have been reinstated.

The reason why Wang Ba ruled the princes was six: to form the princes in the form of land, to level the princes with government decrees, to believe in the princes with courtesy, to speak to the princes with material strength, to seek people to protect the princes, and to serve the princes with military vehicles. The same hardship and benefit are used to unite the princes, and it is greater than small things to be with the princes.

The nine who will be forbidden will be: if they are weak and widowed, they will be cut down, if they are strong and virtuous, if they are violent and outside, if they are scattered in the wilderness, they will be cut, if they are not satisfied, if they are not satisfied, if they kill their relatives, if they kill their kings, if they kill them, if they violate the order, they will be stopped, and if they are in internal strife and animals, they will be destroyed.