36 stratagems from the classical Chinese classic

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• One's deceive heavens cross sea 瞞天過海 mán tiān
• Enemy strong wèi besiege rescue zhào 圍魏救趙 wéi
• Strength kill borrowed knife 借刀殺人 jiè dāo shā
• Enemy energy wait leisure labors 以逸待勞 yǐ yì
• Internal loot burning house 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ
• Surprise attacking make sound east strike west 聲東擊西
• Create 無中生有 wú zhōng shēng yǒu plain lie
• Enemy passage zhàn draw decoys openly repair the gallery
• Watch fires burning river 隔岸觀火 gé àn guān
• Hide knife smile 笑裏藏刀 xiào lǐ cáng dāo
• Tree sacrifice plum preserve peach 李代桃僵 lǐ dài
• Opportunity pilfer goat 順手牽羊 shùn shǒu qiān yáng
• Snake give stomp grass scare 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo
• Borrow corpse resurrect soul 借屍還魂 jiè shī huán
• Lure tiger mountain lair 調虎離山 diào hǔ lí
• Fight order capture loose 欲擒故縱 yù qín gù
• Jade tossing brick gem 拋磚引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn
• Army qín allied commander defeat enemy capturing chief
• Remove firewood pot 釜底抽薪 fǔ dǐ chōu xīn
• Disturb water catch fish 渾水摸魚／混水摸魚 hùn shuǐ mō
• Slough cicada's golden shell 金蟬脱殼 jīn chán tuō
• Enemy routes shut door catch thief 關門捉賊 guān
• Nations close one's befriend distant state strike neighbouring
• Resources ally obtain safe passage conquer the state guo (假途伐虢
• Replace beams rotten timbers (偷梁換柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù
• Point the mulberry tree while cursing locust tree 指桑罵槐 zhǐ
• One's feign madness balance 假痴不癲 jiǎ chī bù
• Enemy remove ladder ascended roof 上屋抽梯 shàng wū
• Tree blossoms decorate false 樹上開花 shù shàng kāi
• Guest make host exchange roles 反客為主 fǎn kè
• Beauty jì women begin trap honeypot 美人計 měi
• Jì enemy stratagem the empty fort strategy (空城計 kōng chéng
• Enemy's discord jì ability spy sow enemy camp
• Enemy injury oneself jì pretending one's inflict win
• Stratagems chain jì 連環計 lián huán important matters
• Defeat zǒu wéi shàng one's stratagems fails, retreat (走為上策 cè

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