欲擒故縱/Yu Qin Gu Zong – To Capture, First Release 原文：逼則反兵；走則減勢，緊隨勿迫。累其氣力，消其鬥志，散而後擒，兵不血刃。需，有孚，光。 Original Text: Pressure leads to resistance; running leads to dispersed … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 16

調虎離山/Diao Hu Li Shan – Lead the Tiger Out of the Mountains 原文：待天以困之，用人以誘之。”往蹇來返”。 Original Text: Wait for Heaven to trap … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 15

借屍還魂/Jie Shi Huan Hun – Borrow a Corpse to Reincarnate 原文：有用者，不可借；不能用者，求借。借不能用者而用之，匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我。 Original Text: Those who are useful cannot be borrowed; … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 14

打草驚蛇/Da Cao Jing She – Beat the Grass to Startle the Snake 原文：疑以叩實，察而後動；復者，陰之媒也。 Original Text: When in doubt knock on … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 13

順手牽羊/Shun Shou Qian Yang – Lead Away a Goat in Passing 原文：微隙在所必乘；微利在所必得。少陰，少陽。 Original Text: Small gaps must be used; small … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 12

李代桃僵/Li Dai Tao Jiang – The Plum Withers instead of the Peach 原文：勢必有損，損陰以益陽。 Original Text: When harm is unavoidable then … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 11

笑裡藏刀/Xiao Li Cang Dao – Hide a Knife Behind a Smile 原文：信而安之，陰以圖之；備而後動，勿使有變，剛中柔外也。 Original Text: Profess your faith & calm him, … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 10

隔岸觀火/Ge An Guan Huo – Watch the Fire on the Other Shore 原文：陽乖序亂，陰以待逆。暴戾恣睢，其勢自斃。順以動豫，豫順以動。 Original Text: As Yang’s perversity leads to … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 9

暗渡陳倉/An Du Chen Cang – Secretly Cross to Chen Cang 原文：示之以動，利其靜而有主，”益動而巽”。 Original Text: Reveal it using movement, profit from stillness … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 8

無中生有/Wu Zhong Sheng You – Create Something From Nothing 原文：誑也，非誑也，實其所誑也。少陰、太陰、太陽。 Original Text: There is deception, there is “not deception,” truth … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 7