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(4) a delicacy of honour which is sensitive to shame;

(5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble.

 13. These are the five besetting sins of a general, ruinous to the conduct of war.

14. When an army is overthrown and its leader slain, the cause will surely be found among these five dangerous faults. Let them be a subject of meditation.