The Thirty-Six Strategies

[Sarah]

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The Art of War is well known but the thirty-six strategies are not so well known. A copy of the Art of War should be owned by all business professionals. I don’t really want to start a discourse on Sun Tzu’s book so I’ll leave you with theses 36 mnemonic phrases have been passed into proverbs and are still widely used in the Chinese cultural sphere.

1. Sneak across the ocean in broad daylight
2. Surround one state to save another
3. Borrow a sword to kill another
4. Face the weary in a condition of ease
5. Plunge into a fire to pull off a robbery
6. Feint east, strike west
7. Make something from nothing
8. Cross the pass in the dark
9. Watch the fire from the opposite bank of the river
10. Hide a sword in a smile
11. One tree falls for another
12. Take the sheep in hand as you go along
13. Beat the grass to startle the snakes
14. Borrow a corpse to bring back a spirit
15. Train a tiger to leave the mountain
16. When you want to take captives, leave them on the loose for awhile
17. Toss out a glazed tile to draw a jade
18. To capture the brigands, capture the king
19. Take the firewood out from under the pot
20. Stir up the waters to catch fish
21. The gold cicada molts its shell
22. Lock the gates to catch the bandits
23. Make allies at a distance, attach nearby
24. Borrow the right of way to attach the neighbor
25. Steal a beam to replace a pillar
26. Point at one to scold another
27. Feign ignorance without going crazy
28. Let them climb the roof, then take away the ladder
29. Make flowers bloom on a tree
30. Turn the guest into the host
31. Scheme with beauties
32. Scheme with an empty castle
33. Scheme with double agents
34. Scheme with self-inflicted wounds
35. Scheme in continuous circles
36. It is best to run

I’m sure these sound better in Chinese. Languages sometimes don’t translate very well D:

There is a consulting company in London based on the 36 stratagems for business strategy. I want to work for them…

[Zee Tan]

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Lol love the transformation! It looks so polished now.

[Sophie Macon]

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?? Don’t tell me you’d figured out the answer now? 😉

[Sarah]

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@Sophie this post was a horrible idea. I spent the next few hours reading the book I took this from *sigh*
Also today was dedicated to fixed income so reading the Art of War makes sense – Fixed Income is my least favourite section.

@padniaki when studying for the CFA exams everything seems interesting…

[Sarah]

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Doesn’t make sense to me at all, but neither does “Throw out a glazed tile to draw a jade.”

Oh and needless to say, when anyone asks for advice now, I shrug and offer a cryptic: “work smoothly, lifetime peace.”

LOL – ah but it makes sense to me 😛
…and that is all that matters ;))

[Sarah]

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@Sophie I did but somehow I accidentally hit publish…now since I can’t delete the discussion so I am trying to figure out what to post…
I’m such a klutz

[Zee Tan]

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“error”‘s a good topic though.

[Sarah]

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Lol love the transformation! It looks so polished now.

I learned from the best (aka @Zee)

[Zee Tan]

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I’m currently obsessively reading Artemis Fowl – all your fault @diya.

[Gary]

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is it wrong that i’m looking at them and thinking whether they violate the codes of ethics?

[padniaki]

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This post reminds me, the other day I was walking down the street and a man dressed like a Buddhist monk gave me a little plastic medallion that says “WORK SMOOTHLY, LIFETIME PEACE”

Doesn’t make sense to me at all, but neither does “Throw out a glazed tile to draw a jade.”

Oh and needless to say, when anyone asks for advice now, I shrug and offer a cryptic: “work smoothly, lifetime peace.”

[Sarah]

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@padniaki did you think the art of advantage would be given out so freely?

[Zee Tan]

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m/

[padniaki]

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I still need to read this. Maybe one day when I’m not spending all my time reading CFA material…

[Sarah]

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@Zee oh oh sweet. We can discuss :-c
You had me re-reading Kenshin. I call it even.

[Sarah]

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@Gary which part?

[Sophie Macon]

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You can bookmark this post easily to on the top righthand corner with the star button 🙂

[Sarah]

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@Zee @Sophie gave me an idea with “Shoot and go” :p
Give me 5 minutes.

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