Wáng Jìngzé Quotes
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Thirty-Six Stratagems Quotes
“Befriend a distant state and strike a neighbouring one.”
“Borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul.”
“Create something from nothing.”
“Deceive the heavens to cross the sea.”
“Decorate the tree with false blossoms.”
“Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief.”
“Disturb the water and catch a fish.”
“Feign madness but keep your balance.”
“Hide a knife behind a smile.”
“If all else fails, retreat.”
“In order to capture, one must let loose.”
“Inflict injury on oneself to win the enemy's trust.”
“Kill with a borrowed knife.”
“Loot a burning house.”
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“Lure the tiger down the mountain.”
“Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west.”
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“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?”
“Make the host and the guest exchange roles.”
“Openly repair the gallery roads, but sneak through the passage of Chencang.”
“Point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree.”
“Remove the firewood from under the pot.”
“Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof.”
“Replace the beams with rotten timbers.”
“Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree.”
“Shut the door to catch the thief.”
“Slough off the cicada's golden shell.”
“Stomp the grass to scare the snake.”
“Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat.”
“Tossing out a brick to lure a jade gem.”
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“Wait at leisure while the enemy labors.”
“Watch the fires burning across the river.”
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“Contrary to what the bourgeois and liberal polemics claim, the warrior idea may not be reduced to materialism, nor is it synonymous with the exaltation of the brutal use of strength and destructive violence.
Rather, the calm, conscious, and planned development of the inner being and a code of ethics; love of distance; hierarchy; order; the faculty of subordinating the emotional and individualistic element of one’s self to higher goals and principles, especially in the name of honor and duty – these are the elements of the warrior idea, and they act as the foundations of a specific “style” that has largely been lost.”
