33
33rd Stratagem
反间计
(fǎn jiàn jì)
Let the Enemy's Own Spy Sow Discord in the Enemy Camp
Another well known example from the novel 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' (cf. Stratagem 32), Cao Cao sent Jiang Gan (蔣干, fl. 209) as an emissary to Zhou Yu (周瑜, 175-210 A.D.) of Wu, one of Jiang Gan's own former classmates. After carousing for a while they both collapsed and dozed off. Zhou Yu fell asleep, but Jiang Gan only pretended. He got up and rummaged through Zhou Yu's desk, where he found a letter from two of Cao Cao's generals discussing a plot to assassinate Cao Cao. On his return, the generals were immediately beheaded. Of course the letter was a fake, placed there by Zhou Yu [15].
Let the Enemy's Own Spy Sow Discord in the Enemy Camp is associated with the eighth hexagram, Water over Earth. Water flowing over the open yin lines of the Earth can be an expression of agency turned against itself. Another interpretation is that the yin line in the second position is summoned to service by those above it (the yang line in the fifth position, in particular). This second line can be viewed as the reliable agent summoned to the opponent's camp [1], [28].
VOCAB LIST 33:
to invite: 邀请: yāoqǐng
party: 派对: pàiduì
to join/participate: 参加: cānjiā
to sow discord/to invert: 反间: fǎnjiàn
satisfied: 满意: mǎnyì
what if...?: ...假如?: ...jiǎrú?
steep: 陡峭: dǒuqiào
add/plus:加: jiā
battery: 电池: diànchí
charger: 充电器: chōngdiàn qì
to charge: 给...充电: gěi...chōngdiàn
disappeared: 不见了: bù jiànle
equal: 等于: děngyú
more than a hundred: 一百多: yībǎi duō
less than a hundred: 一百不到: yībǎi bù dào
as soon as possible (ASAP): 尽快: jǐnkuài
in the dark: 在黑暗中: zài hēi'àn zhōng
took a shower: 洗了澡: xǐle zǎo
in advance: 提前: tíqián
relieved: 如释重负: rúshìzhòngfù
toilet (seat): 马桶: mǎtǒng
(some/few) individuals: 个别: gèbié
to solve (a problem): 解决: jiějué
(difficult) problem: 难题: nántí
public shower/bathhouse: 澡堂: zǎotáng
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Sample Sentences 33:
1) 他们邀请我参加一个派对。
Trans.: They invited me to a party.
2) 我要给手机充电,但是我弄丢了充电器。
Trans.: I want to charge my phone, but I lost the charger.
3) 请尽快给这个电池充电。
4) 他对这个马桶很满意。
5) 有个别人提前了一百多天到学校。
6) 在黑暗中,他的笔记本不见了。
7) 一加一等于二。
9) 为什么很多人喜欢用反间计?
10) 这个难题终于解决了,我如释重负。
11) 我昨天在那个澡堂洗了澡,只花了一百不到。
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