7. Create something out of nothing: Create false situations to confuse the enemy and make them make wrong judgments.
8. To sneak into Chencang: to take one action on the surface, but actually carry out another action secretly.
9. Sit back and watch the fire: Wait for chaos to break out within the enemy camp before taking action.
10. Smiling but with a dagger hidden in one's heart: appearing friendly on the surface, but secretly carrying out sabotage activities.
11. Li Dai Tao Jiang: Sacrifice the part to preserve the whole.
12. To steal something while the opportunity presents itself: to seize the opportunity to gain benefits when the enemy is lax.
13. To startle the snake by stirring up the grass: to take action to alert a hidden enemy and expose him.
14. Resurrection: Using something that has disappeared to rise again.
15. Lure the tiger away from the mountain: lure the enemy away from the advantageous terrain and put them into an unfavorable situation.
16. To play hard to get: To deliberately relax the pursuit of the enemy so that they will let down their guard, and then destroy them in one fell swoop.
17. To throw a brick to attract jade: to use something of lower cost in exchange for greater benefits.
18. To capture the enemy’s leader: To destroy the enemy’s core strength and cause its entire force to disintegrate.
19. Cut off the firewood from under the cauldron: fundamentally weaken the enemy so that it can no longer fight.
20. To fish in troubled waters: to create chaos and take advantage of it to gain benefits.
21. Escape from the enemy and escape from danger by using disguise and cover.
22. Close the door to catch the thief: cut off the enemy's retreat so that he cannot escape.
23. Make friends with distant enemies and attack nearby ones: Make alliances with distant enemies and attack nearby enemies.
24. To exploit other forces in order to achieve one's own goals.
25. To steal the beams and replace the pillars: to secretly change the nature of things to achieve one's own goals.
26. To point fingers at someone else: to make indirect accusations, not directly targeting the enemy.
27. Pretend to be stupid but not crazy: pretend to be ignorant but actually smart, prepare secretly and wait for the opportunity.
28. Pull the ladder away after climbing up the roof: lure the enemy into a desperate situation and then eliminate them.
29. Flowers blooming on trees: using external forces to strengthen oneself.
30. Take the initiative and control the situation.
31. Beauty trap: using beauty to seduce the enemy and make them let down their guard.
32. Empty City Strategy: Conceal your own weakness to confuse the enemy and make them afraid to attack.
33. Counter-espionage: Exploiting internal contradictions within the enemy, sowing discord and causing them to kill each other.
34. The tactic of inflicting pain on oneself: intentionally harming oneself to deceive the enemy and make them let down their guard.
35. Chain Strategy: Multiple strategies are implemented in succession, making it difficult for the enemy to cope.
36. The best strategy is to run away: When the situation is unfavorable, take the initiative to retreat to avoid greater losses.
(The Thirty-Six Stratagems of the Art of War by Sun Tzu is a shining pearl among my country's oldest military works. It also contains ancient management ideas that are applicable not only to military strategy, but also to the workplace and life. Let's review it.)
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