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stratagems 13-18: For Attack

da cao jing she
DA CAO JING SHE
Beat the grass to startle the snake.
Sun Zi 'The Art of War': One can win without a fight.


jie shi huan hun
JIE SHI HUAN HUN
Raise a corpse from the dead.
Aides dressed the Generals corpse in finest battledress and lashed the body to his favouritehorse. Later, his troops followed the stead and thier 'invincable' leader straight through enemy ranks


diao hu li shan
DIAO HU LI SHAN
Lure the Tiger out of the Mountain.
Mencius: "Good oppertunities are not as important as favorable terrain.



yu qin gu zong
YU QIN GU ZONG
Snag the enemy by letting him off the hook.
Lao zi 'The Way of Power': To sieze something, One must first thoroughly endow it.

 
pao zhuan yin yu
PAO ZHUAN YIN YU
Cast a brick to attract a turtle.
The white army had no road to invade the black, so they called for t of reconciliation. Blacks made a road to transport the gift home. This was whites invasion. plan

 
qin zei qun wang
QIN ZEI QUN WANG
Catch


 

strategems 1-6: Commanding Superiority
stratagems 7-12: For Confrontation
strategems 13-18: For Attack
strategems 19-24: Confused Situations
stratagems 25-30: Gaining Ground
stratagems 31-36: Desperate Straits

 

The OE definition of "inscrutable" is: 'That cannot be penetrated. "The Art of War is preparing for Peace. The Art of Peace is preparing for War". Inscrutable!

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