Thirty-Six Stratagems
6th century essay on strategy by Wang Jingze / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Thirty-Six Stratagems is a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and civil interaction.
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Author | Wang Jingze (Chinese: 王敬則; pinyin: Wáng Jìngzé) |
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Country | China |
Language | Chinese |
Subject | military strategy |
Publication date | 6th century |
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Unless otherwise specified, Chinese texts in this article are written in "Traditional Chinese, pinyin" format.
This article possibly contains original research. (January 2010) |
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Traditional Chinese | 三十六計 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 三十六计 | ||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese alphabet | tam thập lục kế ba mươi sáu kế | ||||||||||||||
Chữ Hán | 三十六計 | ||||||||||||||
Chữ Nôm | 𠀧𨒒𦒹計 | ||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 삼십육계 | ||||||||||||||
Hanja | 三十六計 | ||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 兵法三十六計 | ||||||||||||||
Hiragana | へいほうさんじゅうろっけい | ||||||||||||||
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Its focus on the use of cunning and deception both on the battlefield and in court have drawn comparisons to Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Zhang Yingyu's The Book of Swindles, a late-Ming-dynasty work that focuses on the realms of commerce and civil society, shares some thematic similarities.[1]