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22nd Stratagem
关门捉贼
(guān mén zhuō zéi)
Shut the Door to Catch the Thief
An opportunity to completely capture the enemy, when presented, should be seized; allowing the enemy to escape sows the seeds for future conflict.
During the Battle of Changping in 260 B.C., Bai Qi (白起, 332-257 B.C.) succeeded Wang He (王龁) as the commanding general of the Qin army, and soon fought against the Zhao army commanded by the inexperienced Zhao Kuo (赵括, died 260 B.C.). When Bai Qi was fighting Zhao Kuo, he allowed for Zhao to win a battle, and then challenged him to a 'decisive' match at a strategic position closer to the State of Qi. Bai Qi again let the Zhao army win while quietly cutting off their supply lines. Starving, Zhao's forces began killing one another for food, and in a desperate attempt to break the blockage, Zhao Kuo was killed and his army surrendered. Bai Qi had them buried alive [18].
Shut the Door to Catch the Thief is associated with the 23rd hexagram, Mountain over Earth. A Mountain resting over a weak foundation is vulnerable to collapse. Here it is suggested to wait rather than to take direct action, and let the opponent collapse onto itself [1], [28].
VOCAB LIST 22:
quality: 质量: zhìliàng
to complain: 抱怨: bàoyuàn
diamond: 钻石: zuànshí
excited: 兴奋: xīngfèn
to catch/to seize: 捉/捉拿: zhuō/zhuōná
humorous: 幽默: yōumò
relationship: 关系: guānxì
girlfriend: 女朋友: nǚ péngyǒu
boyfriend: 男朋友: nán péngyǒu
willing: 愿意: yuànyì
to separate (break up): 分手: fēnshǒu
ex-girlfriend: 前女友: qián nǚyǒu
Wang He: 王龁: wáng hé
to remind: 提醒: tíxǐng
ex-boyfriend: 前男友: qián nányǒu
connection/contact: 联系: liánxì
bean sprout: 豆芽: dòuyá
to establish (e.g. a connection): 建立: jiànlì
facial mask (for skin care): 面膜: miànmó
accidental/accidentally: 意外/意外地: yìwài/yìwài de
occasional/occasionally: 偶然/偶然地: ǒurán/ǒurán de
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Sample Sentences 22:
1) 她意外地走进了男洗手间。
Trans.: She accidentally went into the boy’s bathroom.
2) Q: 你怎么跟他们建立了联系？
A: 我跟他们有点关系，所以他们愿意。
3) 我应该买哪一个面膜？质量都很好。
4) Q: 她为什么跟她的男朋友分手了？
A: 我不知道，但是她偶然地抱怨过，他一直找不到工作。
5) 你不应该在这里买钻石，质量不太好。
Trans.: Since you bought the diamond here, the quality is not that good.
6) 她是他的前女友。
7) 我的女朋友经常提醒我少吃肥肉。
8) 让我们去公园捉虫子吧。
9) 她很喜欢豆芽。
10) Q: 她为什么跟他分手了？他很幽默呀。
A: 跟他一起的时候，她没有兴奋的感觉。
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