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三十六计的英文表达孙子兵法三十六计（Thirty-Six Stratagems）乃兵家之经典著作。 语源于南北朝，成书于明清，是汉民族悠久文化遗产之一。古人学好三十六计，带兵打胜券在握。现代人习之，在商场职场生活领域中， 古为今用。而三十六计在外国也极受欢迎 那么今天就随双语君一起看看三十六计的英文表达吧！1Chapter 1: Winning Stratagems第一套 胜战计第一计 瞒天过海crossing the sea under camouflage原文备周则意怠；常见则不疑。阴在阳之内，不在阳之对。太阳，太阴。英文注释 Mask your real goals, by using the ruse of a fake goal, until the real goal is achieved. Tactically, this is known as an open feint: in front of everyone, you point west, when your goal is actually in the east.第二计 围魏救赵relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei原文共敌不如分敌；敌阳不如敌阴。英文注释 When the enemy is too strong to be attacked directly, then attack something he holds dear. Know that he cannot be superior in all things. Somewhere there is a gap in the armour, a weakness that can be attacked instead. The idea here is to avoid a head-on battle with a strong enemy, and instead strike at his weakness elsewhere. This will force the strong enemy to retreat in order to support his weakness. Battling against the now tired and low-morale enemy will give a much higher chance of success.第三计 借刀杀人killing someone with a borrowed knife原文敌已明，友示定，引友杀敌，不自出力，以损推演。英文注释 When you do not have the means to attack your enemy directly, then attack using the strength of another. Trick an ally into attacking him, bribe an official to turn traitor, or use the enemys own strength against him.第四计 以逸待劳waiting at ones ease for the exhausted enemy原文困敌之势，不以战；损刚益柔。英文注释 It is an advantage to choose the time and place for battle. In this way you know when and where the battle will take place, while your enemy does not. Encourage your enemy to expend his energy in futile quests while you conserve your strength. When he is exhausted and confused, you attack with energy and purpose.第五计 趁火打劫plundering a burning house原文敌之害大，就势取利，刚决柔也。英文注释 When a country is beset by internal conflicts, when disease and famine ravage the population, when corruption and crime are rampant, then it will be unable to deal with an outside threat. This is the time to attack.第六计 声东击西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west原文敌志乱萃，不虞，坤下兑上之象。利其不自主而取之。英文注释 In any battle the element of surprise can provide an overwhelming advantage. Even when face to face with an enemy, surprise can still be employed by attacking where he least expects it. To do this you must create an expectation in the enemys mind through the use of a feint.2Chapter 2: Enemy Dealing Stratagems第二套 敌战计第七计 无中生有creating something out of nothing原文诳也，非诳也，实其所诳也。少阴，太阴，太阳。英文注释 You use the same feint twice. Having reacted to the first and often the second feint as well, the enemy will be hesitant to react to a third feint. Therefore the third feint is the actual attack catching your enemy with his guard down.第八计 暗渡陈仓advancing secretly by an unknown path原文示之以动，利其静而有主，“益动而巽”。英文注释 Deceive the enemy with an obvious approach that will take a very long time, while surprising him by taking a shortcut and sneak up to him. As the enemy concentrates on the decoy, he will miss you sneaking up to him.第九计 隔岸观火watching a fire from the other side of the river原文阳乖序乱，阴以待逆。暴戾恣睢，其势自毙。顺以动豫，豫顺以动。英文注释 Delay entering the field of battle until all the other players have become exhausted fighting amongst themselves. Then go in at full strength and pick up the pieces.第十计 笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile原文信而安之，阴以图之。备而后动，勿使有变。刚中柔外也。英文注释 Charm and ingratiate yourself with your enemy. When you have gained his trust, move against him in secret.第十一计 李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing原文势必有损，损阴以益阳。英文注释 There are circumstances in which you must sacrifice short-term objectives in order to gain the long-term goal. This is the scapegoat strategy whereby someone else suffers the consequences so that the rest do not.第十二计 顺手牵羊picking up something in passing原文微隙在所必乘，微利在所必得。少阴，少阳。英文注释 While carrying out your plans be flexible enough to take advantage of any opportunity that presents itself, however small, and avail yourself of any profit, however slight.3Chapter 3: Attacking Stratagems第三套：攻战计第十三计 打草惊蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake原文疑以叩实，察而后动。复者，阴之媒也。英文注释 Do something unaimed, but spectacular (hitting the grass) to provoke a response of the enemy (startle the snake), thereby giving away his plans or position, or just taunt him.Do something unusual, strange, and unexpected as this will arouse the enemys suspicion and disrupt his thinking.More widely used as Do not startle the snake by hitting the grass. An imprudent act will give your position or intentions away to the enemy.第十四计 借尸还魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse原文有用者，不可借；不能用者，求借。借不能用者而用之。匪我求童蒙，童蒙求我。英文注释 Take an institution, a technology, a method, or even an ideology that has been forgotten or discarded and appropriate it for your own purpose.Revive something from the past by giving it a new purpose or bring to life old ideas, customs, or traditions and reinterpret them to fit your purposes.第十五计 调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den原文待天以困之，用人以诱之，往蹇来返。英文注释 Never directly attack an opponent whose advantage is derived from its position. Instead lure him away from his position thus separating him from his source of strength.第十六计 欲擒故纵letting the enemy off in order to catch him原文逼则反兵，走则减势。紧随勿迫，累其气力，消其斗志，散而后擒，兵不血刃。需，有孚，光。英文注释 Cornered prey will often mount a final desperate attack. To prevent this you let the enemy believe he still has a chance for freedom.His will to fight is thus dampened by his desire to escape. When in the end the freedom is proven a falsehood the enemys morale will be defeated and he will surrender without a fight.第十七计 抛砖引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things原文类以诱之，击蒙也。英文注释 Bait someone by making him believe he gains something or just make him react to it (toss out a brick) and obtain something valuable from him in return (get a jade gem).第十八计 擒贼擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers原文摧其坚，夺其魁，以解其体。龙战于野，其道穷也。英文注释 If the enemys army is strong b