"Thirty-six Tactics" or "Thirty-six Tactics" refers to the thirty-six tactics of China's ancient art of war, which originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and was written in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a military work based on China's ancient Han military thoughts and rich struggle experience, and it is one of the long-standing cultural heritages of the Han nationality.
The phrase "Thirty-six Strategies" was written earlier than the year of writing, and its etymology can be taken from Tan Dao Ji (? -A.D. 436), according to the Biography of Wang Jingze in the Southern Qi Dynasty: "Tan Gong's thirty-six plans are the best policy, and your father and son should only listen to them." It means that defeat is irreversible and only retreat is the best policy. This sentence was used by later generations. In the Song Dynasty, Hui Hong's Cold Room Night Talk: "Thirty-six plans, walking is the best policy." ..
The original works are arranged according to the plan name, and * * * is divided into six sets, namely, winning plan, enemy plan, attack plan, melee plan, merger plan and defeat plan. The first three sets are for superiors and the last three sets are for subordinates. Each set contains six plans, a total of * * * 36 plans. The explanation after each plan name is based on the Book of Changes. It contains the elements of simple military dialectics. After the commentary, many examples of wars before the Song Dynasty and brilliant expositions by military strategists such as Sun Wu, Wu Qi and Wei Liaozi were cited. There is also a general introduction and postscript in the book.
Except for Tan Gongce, every word in the poem contains one of the thirty-six strategies. In turn, it is: golden cicada, throwing a brick to attract jade, killing people with a knife, waiting for work, catching thieves, taking advantage of the fire to rob, closing the door to catch thieves, fishing in troubled waters, startling the snake, cheating, stealing a column, attracting a tiger out of the mountain, Li Jiang, referring to cursing mulberry trees, watching the fire from a distance, flowering on trees, and secretly crossing the river.