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第九计隔岸观火
Watching a fire from the other side of the river
阳乖序乱，阴以待逆。暴戾恣睢，其势自毙。顺以动豫，豫顺以动。
Delay entering the field of battle until all the other players have become exhausted fighting amongst themselves. Then go in at full strength and pick up the pieces.
第十计笑里藏刀
Covering the dagger with a smile
信而安之，阴以图之。备而后动，勿使有变。刚中柔外也。
Charm and ingratiate yourself with your enemy. When you have gained his trust, move against him in secret.
第十一计李代桃僵
Palming off substitute for the real thing
势必有损，损阴以益阳。
There are circumstances in which you must sacrifice short-term objectives in order to gain the long-term goal. This is the scapegoat strategy whereby someone else suffers the consequences so that the rest do not.
第十二计顺手牵羊
Picking up something in passing
微隙在所必乘，微利在所必得。少阴，少阳。
While carrying out your plans be flexible enough to take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself, however small, and avail yourself of any profit, however slight.

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03、Attacking Stratagems
第三套：攻战计
第十三计打草惊蛇
Beating the grass to frighten the snake
疑以叩实，察而后动。复者，阴之媒也。
Do something unarmed, but spectacular ("hitting the grass") to provoke a response of the enemy ("startle the snake"), thereby giving away his plans or position, or just taunt him.
Do something unusual, strange, and unexpected as this will arouse the enemy\\'s suspicion and disrupt his thinking.
More widely used as "[Do not] startle the snake by hitting the grass". An imprudent act will give your position or intentions away to the enemy.
第十四计借尸还魂
Resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse
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。
Take an institution, a technology, a method, or even an ideology that has been forgotten or discarded and appropriate it for your own purpose.
Revive something from the past by giving it a new purpose or bring to life old ideas, customs, or traditions and reinterpret them to fit your purposes.
第十五计调虎离山
Luring the tiger out of his den
待天以困之，用人以诱之，往蹇来返。
Never directly attack an opponent whose advantage is derived from its position. Instead lure him away from his position thus separating him from his source of strength.
第十六计欲擒故纵
Letting the enemy off in order to catch him
逼则反兵，走则减势。紧随勿迫，累其气力，消其斗志，散而后擒，兵不血刃。需，有孚，光。
Cornered prey will often mount a final desperate attack. To prevent this you let the enemy believe he still has a chance for freedom.
His will to fight is thus dampened by his desire to escape. When in the end the freedom is proven a falsehood the enemy\\'s morale will be defeated and he will surrender without a fight.
第十七计抛砖引玉
Giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things
类以诱之，击蒙也。
Bait someone by making him believe he gains something or just make him react to it ("toss out a brick") and obtain something valuable from him in return ("get a jade gem").
第十八计擒贼擒王
Capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers
摧其坚，夺其魁，以解其体。龙战于野，其道穷也。
If the enemy\\'s army is strong but is allied to the commander only by money, superstition or threats, then take aim at the leader.

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