28
28th Stratagem
上屋抽梯
(shàng wū chōu tī)
Remove the Ladder Once the Enemy Has Ascended to the Roof
Liu Qi (刘琦, died 209 A.D.) of Eastern Han once turned to Zhuge Liang for advice concerning self-preservation, but Zhuge Liang refused to help him. On a later occasion, while visiting a garden, Liu Qi persuaded Zhuge to join him in climbing a nearby tower. In the tower, while visiting and feasting, Liu Qi secretly instructed his servants to remove the very ladder by which they ascended. He then told Zhuge Liang, "Now, nothing goes up to Heaven and nothing goes down to Earth. Whatever you say will be heard by me only. Can't you say something now?" Zhuge Liang replied, "Sir, haven't you read that Shensheng was in danger because he remained in Jin while Chong'er was safe because he was outside Jin?" Liu Qi understood what Zhuge Liang was alluding to, and secretly came up with an idea [7].
Remove the Ladder Once the Enemy Has Ascended to the Roof is associated with the 21st hexagram, Fire over Thunder. The yang line in the fourth position (from the bottom) is viewed as having moved there from below, now isolated with no line of retreat [1], [28].
VOCAB LIST 28:
to lie down: 躺下来: tǎng xiàlái
to draw away/to pull out: 抽走: chōu zǒu
class schedule: 课程表: kèchéng biǎo
work schedule: 工作计划表: gōngzuò jìhuà biǎo
schedule/arrangement: 安排表: ānpái biǎo
to register (official): 注册: zhùcè
to register/report (for school/work): 报道: bàodào
to submit: 交/提交: jiāo/tíjiāo
to register (in a hospital): 挂号: guàhào
to take a number: 取号/拿号: qǔ hào/ná hào
to submit...to...: 向...提交: xiàng...tíjiāo
to say...to...: 对...说: duì...shuō
artist: 艺术家: yìshùjiā
scientist: 科学家: kēxuéjiā
writer: 作家: zuòjiā
author: 作者: zuòzhě
thick/thin (e.g. clothes): 厚/薄: hòu/ báo
thick (e.g. string)/fine: 粗/细: cū/xì
bright/dim: 亮/暗: liàng/àn
ladder: 梯子: tīzi
journal/magazine: 杂志: zázhì
Liu Qi: 刘琦: liúqí
activity schedule: 活动安排表: huódòng ānpái biǎo
<measure word for light, e.g., beam>: 束/缕: shù/lǚ
Dostoyevsky: 陀思妥耶夫斯基: tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī
<measure word for people (e.g. of a certain occupation)>: 名: míng
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Sample Sentences 28:
1) 我没有收到他的工作计划表。
Trans.: I have not received his work schedule.
2) 你报道之后就会知道课程表了。
Trans.: You will know the class schedule after you register.
3) 好多艺术家喜欢在那个小店买油漆和刷子 。
4) 我已经向杂志提交了那篇论文。
5) 这里房屋的样子和我老家的不一样。
6) 他把书下面的纸抽走了。
7) 注册以后，他们会给你活动安排表。
8) 在医院，先挂号再看医生。
9) 有时，去银行取号以后要等很长时间。
10) 这束光太亮了，要戴太阳眼镜。
11) 化学家和生物学家是两种科学家。
12) 陀思妥耶夫斯基是我最喜欢的作者。
13) 我可以借用你的梯子吗？
14) 不要在这里的草上躺着，衣服都要被弄湿了。
15) 今天很热，你应该穿薄的衣服，这件太厚了。
17) 他是一名科学家，也是一名作家。
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