Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Await the Exhausted Enemy at Your Ease (以逸待勞) from the Thirty-Six Stratagems (三十六計)

以逸待勞

困敵之勢,不以戰;損剛益柔。
"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."

Quoted from Chinese Classics and Translations

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