Thirty-Six Stratagems
1.crossing the sea under camouflage
2.relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei
3.killing someone with a borrowed knife
4.waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy
5.plundering a burning house
6.making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
7.creating something out of nothing
8.advancing secretly by an unknown path
9.watching a fire from the other side of the river
10.covering the dagger with a smile
11.palming off substitute for the real thing
12.picking up something in passing
13.beating the grass to frighten the snake
14.resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse
15.luring the tiger out of his den
16.letting the enemy off in order to catch him
17giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things
18.capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers
19.extracting the firewood from under the cauldron
20.muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters
21.slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin
22.catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route
23.efriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy
24.attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor
25.stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers
26.reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry
27.feigning madness without becoming insane
28.removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof
29.putting artificial flowers on trees
30.turning from the guest into the host
31.using seductive women to corrupt the enemy
32.presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness
33.sowing discord among the enemy
34.deceiving the enemy by torturing one‘s own man
35.coordinating one stratagem with another
36.decamping being the best; running away as the best choice
附：中文三十六計
1.瞞天過海
2.圍魏救趙
3.借刀殺人
4.以逸待勞
5.趁火打劫
6.聲東擊西
7.無中生有
8.暗渡陳倉
9.隔岸觀火
10.笑里藏刀
11.李代桃僵
12.順手牽羊
13.打草驚蛇
14.借尸還魂
15.調虎離山
16.欲擒故縱
17.拋磚引玉
18.擒賊擒王
19.釜底抽薪
20.混水摸魚
21.金蟬脫殼
22.關門捉賊
23.遠交近攻
24.假途伐虢
25.偷梁換柱
26.指桑罵槐
27.假癡不癲
28.上屋抽梯
29.樹上開花
30.反客為主
31.美人計
32.空城計
33.反間計
34.苦肉計
35.連環計
36.走為上
