36 Strategies Vernacular Full Translation

Chapter 19 Li Daitao stiff (1)
The original scriptures are bound to be damaged, and the yin is damaged to benefit the yang.

When the situation develops to the point where losses have to be suffered, the secondary interests are discarded in order to preserve the added value of the important interests.

Interpretation of the original meaning of "Li Dai Peach Rigid" means that plum trees replace peach trees and are eaten by insects, which is used as a metaphor for the friendship of brothers sharing weal and woe.Later, it was extended to acts of mutual substitution and generation of others.In this plan, "Li" is the sacrificial party, and "Tao" refers to the protected party. "Peach" and "Plum" can replace each other, and "Peach" is more important than "Plum".

As an enemy's war strategy, it is a strategy to use some means to exchange the loss and sacrifice of one thing for the safety and success of another thing.The two armies confront the enemy, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, advantages and disadvantages, and they are at a stalemate.The long and short, good and bad may continue to cross emerge.No matter which side it is, it is difficult to win a complete victory.What determines victory or defeat lies in the comparison of long and short, but not entirely.Since ancient times, there have been battles in which the weak prevailed over the strong, the weak overcome the strong, and the inferior prevailed over the superior. The secret of victory lies in the use of strategic design.

However, when the two armies confront each other on the political stage or in commercial competition, it is often unrealistic to expect absolute benefits, and often a certain price needs to be paid.The principle at this time is: choose the most important of two benefits, and choose the least of two evils.Take the overall situation into consideration, look to the long run, and protect the big profits.The commander must have the overall situation in mind, and be good at using a small price in exchange for a big victory.

In the process of understanding and implementing the strategy of "Li Daitao stiff", we should pay attention to and be good at grasping several aspects.

First, look far ahead, have a keen eye and the courage to make decisions, which are the prerequisites for using this strategy.If you don't know how to choose, and are burdened by indecision and short-sightedness, it is often difficult to make correct decisions, thus losing many great opportunities.

Second, the deep meaning of the strategy of "replacing peaches with plums for stiffness" is to give up the small and take the big, and take advantage of the small loss to gain the big advantage.It is a strategy designed to gain an advantage and win through some kind of artificial transformation.Therefore, "giving up" must be true, and "suffering a small loss" must also be true. Only by being able to bear the pain and parting with one's love can the other party be hooked.If you can't let go of the small, you can't suffer from the small loss, you can't get the "big", you can't take advantage of the "cheap".

Third, the real meaning of the strategy of "replacing peaches with Li to make them stiff" lies in "representing".Therefore, to use this timing, one must think carefully about the issue of "generation": who should replace it, who can replace it, who should replace it best, how to replace it, and so on.These issues must be carefully planned and strategized.For example, in Tian Ji's horse race, careful planning is the only way to ensure victory.

Fourth, the tactic of "Li replaces peach with rigidity" is generally used when the situation develops to the point where losses are inevitable.If you don't lose the small, you lose the big. If you can't give up a part, you have to lose the whole.What the other party is aiming at is your overall situation, and its purpose is to fundamentally destroy you, annihilate you, and make it impossible for you to survive.Under such circumstances, if you still can't recognize the situation clearly, hesitate, look forward and backward, you will be in the hands of the other party.This shows that if you want to use this strategy, the core is "giving up", you must know how to give up, be good at giving up, and use "giving up" to ensure safety.

Fifth, we must beware of the opponent using this trick against me.If you accept other people's faults without principle, it is easy to be used as a shield and a scapegoat for others.Therefore, when taking over crimes, you must distinguish the target, and it is best not to take over the faults that are not your own, so as to prevent unnecessary sacrifices.At the same time, don't stay in the place where you are arguing about right and wrong for a long time, lest you be framed and blamed.And if you have suffered innocent injustice, you must appeal in time.Because behind the injustice, there must be another person at large, gloating at other people's misfortunes.Therefore, once you find that you have become a scapegoat, you must stand up and resist, and you can't bear it, and you don't have to suffer for others for no reason.

Examples of Wisdom
Churchill lost his car

The strategy of "Li replaces peach stiff" has been widely used in modern warfare.

Churchill

On the morning of November 1940, 11, the German Air Force received an order code-named "Moonlight Sonata"-to carry out a large-scale bombing operation against the city of Coventry, England.

At 11:14 in the evening on November 7, the citizens of Coventry, England, were busy preparing dinner when suddenly the air raid sirens sounded. Five minutes later, with a buzzing sound, the "Heinkel" plane of the fascist Germany had flown over the moonlit city.Then, the bombing that lasted ten hours dropped thousands of bombs on the city of Coventry.

In fact, 48 hours before the bombing of Coventry, the "super secret" cipher machine of the British intelligence agency had successfully deciphered the German bombing order.The British army had a detailed grasp of the specific location of the German bombing of Coventry and the tactics and flight routes to be used during the air strike.British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also took certain actions after receiving this information: He immediately summoned senior military officials to discuss countermeasures.The result of the discussion at the meeting was that they did not make any defense and let the Germans bomb.

Why is this?

It turned out that in order to be able to decipher the message sent by the "enigma" cipher machine of the German General Staff Headquarters, so as to keep abreast of Germany's action plan, the British intelligence department spent a lot of money to buy the Polish engineer Richard T. lewinston.Later, he imitated the German "riddle" cipher machine, and successfully developed a "super cipher machine" for Britain that could decipher the German cipher.It was through this cipher machine that the British Intelligence Department learned of Germany's entire plan to bomb Coventry.

The British government believes that if they immediately take special defensive measures against the city of Coventry based on this information, the Germans will realize that their ciphers may have been deciphered and replace them with a new cipher system.In that case, the British will lose all their previous efforts.Therefore, Churchill reluctantly decided not to issue an announcement to the citizens of Coventry, and even the elderly, weak, sick and disabled would not assist in the retreat.

It turns out that Churchill was right to do so.Because in the ensuing protracted battle to defend the British Isles, the intelligence intercepted by "super secret" played a role in the overall situation of the war far more than that of the city of Coventry.

"Li Daitao is stiff" means being good at planning and daring to bear small losses.In this way, Churchill deceived the German army at the cost of a small city, in exchange for the overall victory in the follow-up war.It seems that it is worth sacrificing the immediate victory for the final victory.

The Black Sea Fleet sinks in pain
The strategy of "Li Daitao is stiff" advocates that it is necessary to bear the pain and part with love in order to avoid losing everything.When the situation is compelling, it also takes courage to make the decision to abandon the small and take the big.

At the beginning of 1918, in order to strangle the nascent socialist country, the former Soviet Union, the imperialists jointly launched an armed intervention in it, and quickly captured a large area of ​​the former Soviet Union. On April 4, the German army invaded the Crimea Peninsula and besieged the counterattacking former Soviet Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol.A few days later, the Black Sea Fleet was ordered to take a risky breakout. Unexpectedly, the German army occupied the commanding heights in the port and fired at the former Soviet warships with intensive firepower.The two warships attacked by the Soviet army narrowly escaped, and the rest of the warships were forced to return to the port.

In early May, due to the situation, the entire Black Sea Fleet was transferred to a small military port inside the port of Sevastopol.Since the small military port could not meet the supply of materials for more than 5 warships, more than 70 officers and soldiers were in desperate situation soon.At this time, the former Soviet Union was in a tight situation across the board and could not deploy military forces to assist the Black Sea Fleet.The aggressive German army took the opportunity to issue an ultimatum to the Soviet army, claiming that if the Black Sea Fleet did not surrender in its entirety, it would immediately launch a devastating attack on it.

Black Sea Fleet
Lenin immediately summoned all senior leaders of the former Soviet government for urgent consultations to formulate countermeasures.Many people advocated that the Black Sea Fleet should stand on the spot and fight to the death with the German army.Lenin believed that the brave officers and soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet are the precious wealth of the country.Under the current situation, if you fight head-on with the enemy, the result will be that all the officers and soldiers of the fleet will be sacrificed, and the battleship will become the spoils of the German army.Instead of doing this, it is better to give up resistance, save the vast number of officers and soldiers of the fleet, and avoid unnecessary sacrifices.At the same time, let the officers and soldiers personally destroy the warships to prevent them from falling into the enemy's hands and becoming weapons for the enemy to attack the former Soviet Union.Under Lenin's insistence, the former Soviet government finally made a bold decision: to sink all the Black Sea Fleet.

On June 6, more than 18 officers and soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet escaped ingeniously.Before leaving, they blew up the warship, and all the more than 2 warships of the Black Sea Fleet self-destructed and sank.After the German army launched an offensive, they were disappointed only to see that the small amount of supplies abandoned by the officers and soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet on the shore was unprepared, and even a usable ship was not found.

Under the urgent circumstances at the time, the Black Sea Fleet was bound to perish.Either sink in the sea, or fall into the hands of the enemy.For the Soviet army, the self-sinking fleet is inherently reluctant, but not sinking not only cannot save the army, but the damage will be even greater if the ship falls into the enemy's hands.The Soviet government's decision of "Li Daitao stiff" not only preserved the strength of the army to the greatest extent, but also made the enemy no advantage at all, which can be described as wise.

Rockefeller abandons name for truth
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