有個號兵，在吹號召集部隊的時候，不幸被敵人俘虜了。他大聲哭喊道： “求求你們饒了我吧，我沒有傷害你們任何一位士兵啊！我手上什麼武器也沒有，隻有一把銅號而已。 ”敵人卻絲毫不為所動，對他說： “正是因為這樣，你才應該被處死。你本人雖然沒有直接進攻我們，卻鼓動別人來進行戰鬥。 ”
教唆者比作惡者本人更加可惡。
A Trumpeter，bravely leading on the soldiers，tured by the enemy. He cried out to his captors，“Pray spare me，and do not take my life without cause or without inquiry. I have not slain a single man of your troop. I have no arms，and othing but this orumpet.”“That is the very reason for which you should be put to death，” they said， “for，while you do not fight yourself，your trumpet stirs all the others to battle.”
Words may be deeds.