strategem
player strategy
Wait at leisure while the enemy labors
the fourth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Make the host and the guest exchange roles
the thirtieth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Create something from nothing
the seventh of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem
the seventeenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Hide a knife behind a smile
the tenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Shut the door to catch the thief
the twenty-second of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul
the fourteenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Disturb the water and catch a fish
the twentieth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Inflict injury on oneself to win the enemy's trust
the thirty-fourth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
The beauty trap
the thirty-first of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree
the eleventh of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Watch the fires burning across the river
the ninth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Befriend a distant state and strike a neighbouring one
the twenty-third of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Chain stratagems
the thirty-fifth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Let the enemy's own spy sow discord in the enemy camp
the thirty-third of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Empty Fort Strategy
the thirty-second of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Remove the firewood from under the pot
the nineteenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree
the twenty-sixth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof
the twenty-eighth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Slough off the cicada's golden shell
the twenty-first of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Kill with a borrowed sword
the third of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, harm people under the guise of others' hands
In order to capture, one must set loose
the sixteenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Loot a burning house
the fifth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Feign madness but keep your balance
the twenty-seventh of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Replace the beams with rotten timbers
the twenty-fifth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Take the opportunity to pilfer the goat
the twelfth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Stomp the grass to scare the snake
the thirteenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Deck the tree with false blossoms
the twenty-ninth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Lure the tiger off its mountain lair
the fifteenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean
the first of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west
the sixth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief
the eighteenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
If all else fails, retreat
the thirty-sixth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems