Law 39 recommends stirring up trouble to catch fish by agitating your enemies while remaining calm yourself. This emotional imbalance gives you a strategic advantage.
Law 39 advises stirring up waters to catch fish by making enemies angry while staying calm yourself. Emotional manipulation creates a strategic advantage.
| Front | Law 39 |
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| Back | STIR UP WATERS TO CATCH FISH Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage. Put your enemies off-balance: find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings. |
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