Games About George
I asked some of Siu-Mong-Mong‘s friends a question. “Mong Chi Wai use only one of the 36 stratagem. Which one is it?” They all give me the same answer. Guess what they said.
1Cross
the sea by fooling heaven.
2Besiege Kingdom
Wei to rescue Kingdom Zhao.
3. Kill with a
borrowed knife.
4. Relax while the
enemy exhausts himself.
5. Loot
a burning house.
6Clamor in the
East while attacking in the West.
7. Create
something out of nothing.
8. Pretend to take
path A while secretly taking path B.
9. Watch the fires
burning from across the river.
10. Conceal a
dagger in a smile.
11. Sacrifice the
plum tree for the peach tree.
12. Lead away a
goat in passing.
13. Beat the grass to
startle the snake.
14. Borrow a
corpse to return the soul.
15. Lure the tiger
out of the mountains.
16. Snag the enemy
by letting him off the hook.
17. Cast a brick to
attract a piece of jade.
18. Catch the
ringleader to nab the bandits.
19. Steal the
firewood from under the cooking pot.
20. Muddle the
water to catch the fish.
21. The cicada sheds
its shell.
22. Shut the door
to catch the thief.
23. Befriend
distant states while attacking the nearby ones.
24. Borrow the
safe passage to conquer the kingdom of A.
29. Deck the tree
with bogus blossoms.
30. The guest
becomes the host.
31. The beautiful
woman stratagem.
32. The empty city
stratagem.
33. The
counter-espionage stratagem.
34. The
self-torture stratagem.
35. The
interrelated stratagem.
36. Running
away is the best stratagem.
After that, I asked them “ One of the 36 stratagem can be used to attack Mong Chi Wai. Which one you think it is?” Again, they gave me the same answer. Guess what’s that.
1Cross
the sea by fooling heaven.
2Besiege Kingdom
Wei to rescue Kingdom Zhao.
3. Kill with a
borrowed knife.
4. Relax while the
enemy exhausts himself.
5. Loot
a burning house.
6Clamor in the
East while attacking in the West.
7. Create
something out of nothing.
8. Pretend to take
path A while secretly taking path B.
9. Watch the fires
burning from across the river.
10. Conceal a
dagger in a smile.
11. Sacrifice the
plum tree for the peach tree.
12. Lead away a
goat in passing.
13. Beat the grass to
startle the snake.
14. Borrow a
corpse to return the soul.
15. Lure the tiger
out of the mountains.
16. Snag the enemy
by letting him off the hook.
17. Cast a brick to
attract a piece of jade.
18. Catch the
ringleader to nab the bandits.
19. Steal the
firewood from under the cooking pot.
20. Muddle the
water to catch the fish.
21. The cicada sheds
its shell.
22. Shut the door
to catch the thief.
23. Befriend
distant states while attacking the nearby ones.
24. Borrow the
safe passage to conquer the kingdom of A.
29. Deck the tree
with bogus blossoms.
30. The guest
becomes the host.
31. The beautiful
woman stratagem.
32. The empty city
stratagem.
33. The counter-espionage stratagem.
34. The self-torture stratagem.