Chapter 2: Enemy Dealing Stratagems 敌战计 李代桃僵 lǐdàitáojiāngSacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree
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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 明修栈道，暗度陈仓 Openly repair the gallery roads, but sneak through the passage of Chencang
Chapter 2: Enemy Dealing Stratagems 敌战计 明修栈道，暗度陈仓 míngxiūzhàndào，àndùchéncāngOpenly repair the gallery roads, but sneak through the passage of Chencang.
三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 声东击西 Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west
Chapter 1: Winning Stratagems 胜战计 声东击西 shēnɡdōnɡ-jīxīMake a sound in the east, then strike in the west
三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 趁火打劫 Loot a burning house
Chapter 1: Winning Stratagems 胜战计 趁火打劫 chènhuǒdǎjiéLoot a burning house
三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 无中生有 Create something from nothing
Chapter 2: Enemy Dealing Stratagems 敌战计 无中生有 wúzhōngshēngyǒuCreate something from nothing
三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 以逸待劳 Leisurely await for the laboured
Chapter 1: Winning Stratagems 胜战计 以逸待劳 yǐyì-dàiláoAwait the Exhausted Enemy at Your Ease
三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 借刀杀人 Kill with a borrowed knife
Chapter 1: Winning Stratagems 胜战计 借刀杀人 (jièdāoshārén)Kill with a borrowed knife
三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 围魏救赵 Besiege Wèi to rescue Zhào
Chapter 1: Winning Stratagems 胜战计 围魏救赵 (wéiwèijiùzhào)Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao
三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 瞒天过海 Fool the Emperor to Cross the Sea
Chapter 1: Winning Stratagems 胜战计 瞒天过海 (mántiānɡuòhǎi)Fool the Emperor to Cross the Sea
三十六计Thirty-Six Stratagems: 起源Origin
The name of the collection comes from the Book of Qi, in its seventh biographical volume, Biography of Wáng Jìngzé (王敬则传). Wáng was a general who had served Southern Qi since the first Emperor Gao of the dynasty. When Emperor Ming came to power and executed many members of the court and royal family for fear that they would threaten his reign, Wáng believed that he would be targeted next and rebelled. As Wáng received news that Xiāo Bǎojuàn (萧宝卷), son and crown prince of Emperor Ming, had escaped in haste after learning of the rebellion, he commented that "of the thirty-six stratagems of Lord Tán, retreat was his best, you father and son should run for sure"(檀公三十六策，走为上计，汝父子唯应走耳). Lord Tán here refers to general Tán Dàojì (檀道济) of the Liu Song Dynasty, who was forced to retreat after his failed attack on Northern Wei, and Wáng mentioned his name in contempt as an example of cowardice.
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