Strategy & Tactics

三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 21

金蟬脫殼/Jin Chan Tuo Qiao – Golden Cicada Sheds its Shell

原文：存其形，完其勢；友不疑，敵不動。巽而上蠱。

Original Text: Keep up the shape, maintain the appearance; friends won’t doubt & enemies won’t move. The new arises from stagnation.

解析：保存我方陣地原有的形狀和氣勢，使友軍不生懷疑，敵軍不敢妄動，而我軍卻暗中轉移主力，去打擊別處的敵人。

Analysis: Preserve your original position, demeanor, & outward appearance, causing your allies to be free of doubt & enemies to not dare to act rashly, then secretly withdraw your main force to strike the enemy elsewhere later.

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