| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
vii, 200 pages ; 19 cm |
| Contents |
Part One: Strategies for Winning -- Deceiving heaven to cross the sea -- Besiege the state of Wei to rescue Zhao -- Kill with a borrowed knife -- Wait at leisure while the opponent labors -- Loot while fires are burning -- Make sounds in the east and strike west -- Part Two: Strategies for Deceiving the Opponent -- Create something out of nothing -- Crossing into Chencang in secret -- Watch the fires burn from across the shore -- Hide a knife behind a smile -- Sacrifice the plum tree to save the peach tree -- Taking the opportunity to steal a goat -- Part Three: Strategies for Attacking -- Stomp the grass to scare the snake -- Borrow a corpse to resurrect a life -- Lure the tiger out of its mountain lair -- To capture an enemy, you need to allow them to escape -- Throw away a brick to gain a piece of jade -- Defeat the enemy by capturing their leader -- Part Four: Strategies That Take Advantage of Chaos and Confusion -- Removing the firewood from under the cauldron -- Stir the water to catch the fish -- Golden cicada shedding its shell -- Shut the door to catch the thief -- Befriend a distant state and attack an adjacent one -- Using safe passage to conquer the state of Guo -- Part Five: Strategies of Sabotage -- Steal the beams and remove the pillars -- Point at the mulberry tree while blaming the locust tree -- Pretend to be insane while keeping your clarity -- Remove the ladder after the opponent has climbed up -- Put false blossoms on the tree -- Make the host and guest exchange roles -- Part Six: Strategies for Desperate Conditions -- Sexual enticement as strategy -- The empty fort strategy -- Counter-espionage strategy -- Using self-inflicted injury as strategy -- Inter-connecting strategies -- Running may sometimes be the best strategy -- The Balance of Virtue and Gain. |
| Summary |
"In Chinese military philosophy and political theory, the thirty-six strategies are considered "yin" or "shadow" in nature, meaning that they operate best in darkness and concealment. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and since the thirty-six strategies rose out of times of war and conflict, it is inevitable that they were used to win wars, triumph over opponents, take advantage of situations, and survive when defeat is imminent. In How to Win, The thirty-six strategies are presented to aid any strategist strike a balance between virtue and gain."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Military art and science -- China -- Early works to 1800.
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Strategy.
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San shi liu ji.
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San shi liu ji. (OCoLC)fst01370039
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Military art and science. (OCoLC)fst01020874
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Strategy. (OCoLC)fst01134406
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China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
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| Genre/Form |
Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
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| Added Title |
Thirty-six ancient strategies for success |
| ISBN |
9781611808278 (trade paperback) |
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1611808278 (trade paperback) |
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