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三十六计英文-Thirty-Six Stratagems 12. Steal any passing goat 三十六计

三十六计英文

Thirty-Six Stratagems

 (三十六计法语-Les 36 stratagèmes)

13. Beat the grass to startle the snake

Frighten or startle the enemy to see how he will react. You should note that making threats will probably undo you, especially against an opponent who is stronger or more ruthless than you. Instead, the enlightened fighter has to make the enemy feel threatened without stooping to make threats. A calm, straightforward demeanor in discussions helps a person's word to be more believable. Instead of speaking threats, the wise fighter arranges circumstances or performs actions that create the threat.

A woman who is being stalked, instead of threatening to call the police, simply calls the police, thus startling the stalker by her decisive action and letting the authority of the law frighten him. She watches his reaction and learns how committed he is to continue this behavior.

Due to mismanagement of their own records, a credit card company sends a collection agency against a man who has actually paid his bills. After faxing copies of the checks that prove he's up to date, the man is still being harassed. Instead of threatening to get a lawyer, he asks a lawyer to write a letter to both companies, letting them know their legal danger. At this mark of serious consequences to their own negligence in record keeping, the credit company reveal their level of commitment to harassing him (not very committed, as it turned out).

Preliminary actions that don't commit you to a single course of behavior can still startle an opponent into revealing his mindset and goals.

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三十六计英文-Thirty-Six Stratagems 14. Raise a corpse from the dead

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