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Stratagems for when you are winning
Stratagems for advantageous situations
1. Sneak across the ocean in broad daylight
2. Besiege Wèi to rescue Zhào
3. Kill with a borrowed knife
4. Wait at leisure while the enemy labours
5. Loot a burning house
6. Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west
Stratagems for opportunistic situations
7. Create something from nothing
8. Openly repair the gallery roads, but sneak through the passage of Chencang
9. Watch the fires burning across the river
10. Hide a knife behind a smile
11. Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree
12. Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat
Stratagems for attacking situations
13. Stomp the grass to scare the snake
14. Borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul
15. Entice the tiger to leave its mountain lair
16. In order to capture, one must let loose
17. Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem
18. Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief
Stratagems for when you are losing
Stratagems for confused situations
19. Remove the firewood from under the pot
20. Disturb the water and catch a fish
21. Slough off the cicada’s golden shell
22. Shut the door to catch the thief
23. Befriend a distant state while attacking a neighbour
24. Obtain safe passage to conquer the state of Guo
Stratagems for deception situations
25. Replace the beams with rotten timbers
26. Point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree
27. Feign madness but keep your balance
28. Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof
29. Deck the tree with false blossoms
30. Make the host and the guest exchange roles
Stratagems for desperate situations
31. The beauty trap
32. The empty fort strategy
33. Let the enemy’s own spy sow discord in the enemy camp
34. Inflict injury on oneself to win the enemy’s trust
35. Chain stratagems
36. If all else fails, retreat
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