Eight Kinds of Decadence in Generalship
There are eight kinds of decadence in generalship:
First is to be insatiably greedy.
Second is to be jealous and envious of the wise and able.
Third is to believe slanderers and make friends with the treacherous.
Fourth is to assess others without assessing oneself.
Fifth is to be hesitant and indecisive.
Sixth is to be heavily addicted to wine and sex.
Seventh is to be a malicious liar with a cowardly heart.
Eighth is to talk wildly, without courtesy.
— Thomas Cleary (translator and editor), Mastering the Art of War, p. 42
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