三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 6

聲東擊西/Sheng Dong Ji Xi – Threaten the East, Strike the West

原文：亂志亂萃，不虞，坤下兌上之象；利其不自主而取之。

Original Text: A disordered will & confused focus will have no contingencies, the image of Kun below & Dui above; profit from his lack of independence & take him.

解析：敵方已經混亂，對所發生的事情都感意外，難以判斷和應付，這是《易經。萃》卦所說的那種混亂潰敗的象徵。應當利用其失去控制力的時機去消滅它。

Analysis: When the enemy is already in chaos, facing an entirely unexpected situation he finds hard to judge & deal with, this is Yi Jing’s Cuì Gua, which says that this sort of chaos indicates an army’s collapse. You should exploit this loss of control & take the opportunity to annihilate it.