Psychological warfare: Thirty-Six Stratagems and Pakistan

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1.1 Chapter 1: Winning Stratagems

• Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean
• Besiege Wèi to rescue Zhào
• Kill with a borrowed sword
• Wait at leisure while the enemy labors
• Loot a burning house
• Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west

1.2 Chapter 2: Enemy Dealing Stratagems1.2.1 Create something from nothing

• Openly repair the gallery roads, but sneak through the passage of Chencang
• Watch the fires burning across the river
• Hide a knife behind a smile
• Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree
• Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat

1.3 Chapter 3: Attacking Stratagems1.3.1 Stomp the grass to scare the snake

• Borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul
• Entice the tiger to leave its mountain lair
• In order to capture, one must let loose
• Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem
• Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief

1.4 Chapter 4: Chaos Stratagems1.4.1 Remove the firewood from under the pot

• Disturb the water and catch a fish
• Slough off the cicada's golden shell
• Shut the door to catch the thief
• Befriend a distant state while attacking a neighbor
• Obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo

1.5 Chapter 5: Proximate Stratagems1.5.1 Replace the beams with rotten timbers

• Point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree
• Feign madness but keep your balance
• Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof
• Deck the tree with false blossoms
• Make the host and the guest exchange roles

1.6 Chapter 6: Desperate Stratagems1.6.1 The beauty trap (Honeypot)

• The empty fort strategy
• Let the enemy's own spy sow discord in the enemy camp
• Inflict injury on oneself to win the enemy's trust
• Chain stratagems
• If all else fails, retreat