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1 online resource (139 pages) |
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Title Page; Title & Subtitle; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Sneak across the ocean in broad daylight; 2. Besiege Wèi to rescue Zhào; 3. Kill with a borrowed knife; 4. Wait at leisure while the enemy labours; 5. Loot a burning house; 6. Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west; 7. Create something from nothing; 8. Openly repair the gallery roads, but sneak through the passage of Chencang; 9. Watch the fires burning across the river; 10. Hide a knife behind a smile; 11. Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree; 12. Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat. |
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13. Stomp the grass to scare the snake14. Borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul; 15. Entice the tiger to leave its mountain lair; 16. In order to capture, one must let loose; 17. Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem; 18. Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief; 19. Remove the firewood from under the pot; 20. Disturb the water and catch a fish; 21. Slough off the cicada's golden shell; 22. Shut the door to catch the thief; 23. Befriend a distant state while attacking a neighbour; 24. Obtain safe passage to conquer the state of Guo; 25. Replace the beams with rotten timbers. |
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26. Point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree27. Feign madness but keep your balance; 28. Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof; 29. Deck the tree with false blossoms; 30. Make the host and the guest exchange roles; 31. The beauty trap; 32. The empty fort strategy; 33. Let the enemy's own spy sow discord in the enemy camp; 34. Inflict injury on oneself to win the enemy's trust; 35. Chain stratagems; 36. If all else fails, retreat; Appendices. |
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The 36 Stratagems is a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics and in war, as well as in civilian life, often through unorthodox means. Approximately 300 years ago an unknown scholar compiled the stratagems, a strangely seductive meditation on deception. The stratagems are ordered in categories according to your current position. 'Advantageous Stratagems', 'Opportunistic Stratagems' and 'Attacking Stratagems' are used when you are in a winning situation. 'Confusion Stratagems', 'Deception Stratagems' and 'Desperate Stratagems' are used when you are in a disadva. |
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Strategic planning.
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Strategic planning. |
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Business planning.
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Business planning. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Taylor, Peter. Thirty-Six Stratagems : A modern interpretation of a strategy classic. Oxford : Infinite Ideas, ©2013 |
| ISBN |
9781909652347 (electronic book) |
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1909652342 (electronic book) |
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9781906821838 (paperback) |
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1906821836 (paperback) |
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