《尉缭子·攻权》
将帅被士卒蔑视，作战就会失败；将帅在士卒个有威信，作战就能胜利。凡将帅能掌握运用这个原则，军吏就会畏惧将帅；军吏畏惧将帅，士卒就会畏惧军吏；士卒畏。惧军吏，敌人就会畏惧我军士卒。
凡将能其道者，吏畏其将也；吏畏其将者，民畏其吏也；民畏其吏者，敌畏其民也。
If generals are despised by the ordinary soldiers, combat will fail; if generals are respected by the ordinary soldiers, combat will succeed. Any general or commander who can master the employment of this principle will be feared by the officers; when the officers are afraid of the general, the ordinary soldiers will be afraid of the officers; when the ordinary soldiers are afraid of the officers, the enemy will be afraid of our soldiers.