36 Strategies Vernacular Full Translation

Chapter 2
If you prepare the original classics, you will be lazy, but if you are common, you will not doubt it.Yin is within yang, not in opposition to yang.The sun, the moon.

The translation is tightly guarded, which often easily leads to paralysis of thought and will; it will not cause doubts or loss of vigilance for common things.Conspiracy often hides in overt action and does not contradict overt action.Often the most overt actions hide larger intrigues.

Interpreting the "concealment" of "crossing the sea" is not the ultimate appeal of this plan, but only a necessary means to achieve the goal of "crossing the sea".The original intention of this plan is to hide the truth from the "True Dragon Emperor" Tang Taizong and use the boat-built house as a cover to let him cross the sea unknowingly and attack Koryo, which virtually resolved Tang Taizong's fear of crossing the sea. "Heaven" refers to all objects that are dangerous to the implementer, so the extended meaning of "concealing the sky and crossing the sea" is to use methods and tricks to conceal the real purpose and intention, create an open illusion, and make the other party lose their vigilance.The allegory is in the Ming, the truth is in the false, avoiding troubles, overcoming difficulties, and then achieving the effect of surprise and victory.

It should be noted that the concealment here is entirely to achieve some kind of well-intentioned purpose, so evil conspiracy is absolutely not allowed.It is a trick, not a trick of a villain, and it cannot be equated with the practice of those thieves. The success of "Crossing the Sea with Concealment" depends on the strategy and policy it adopts.

The subtlety of this plan lies in "concealment", and it is widely used in different fields such as military affairs, politics, business and the workplace.Either hide ulterior political goals in public political opinions, or conceal practical diplomatic actions in gorgeous diplomatic rhetoric, or realize the lofty ambitions of life through tedious work.

In war, "crossing the sea without concealing the sky" is a tactic to show falsehood and conceal the truth.It intends to use people's common and unsuspecting psychological state to camouflage the battle, hide the army's build-up and attack attempt, so as to seize the opportunity and achieve the desired result. If "Crossing the Sea with Concealment" is applied to shopping malls, it can achieve the state of being able to advance and retreat freely, and to have both sides.However, showing the truth by falsehood does not mean that merchants can deceive consumers with fake and shoddy products, but reminds merchants that they can make more fuss about strategic deployment and tactics to crowd out others and seize business opportunities.If you use "crossing the sea from the sky" in your life, the starting point must also be reasonable and objective.In short, avoid all kinds of bad behaviors, otherwise users will not only lose the real value brought by this plan, but also suffer from it.

Of course, once an enemy uses deceptive tactics, we must also take some preventive measures to deal with it, so as not to fall into a passive position.First of all, we must dig out the essence of everything through the phenomenon.Not all hiding will be perfect.We can completely increase our vigilance through the abnormal performance of the enemy, and follow all the abnormal situations around us to find conspiracies that may be hidden in public things.In everything, we should try our best to "see the small things", especially not to let go of the people or things we are used to, so that we will not be misled by superficial illusions and the masks of the enemy, and then try to determine the true intentions of others and prevent others from being deceived.Secondly, it is necessary to respond to the enemy's attempts as early as possible and formulate effective containment countermeasures.Especially when the enemy's plan and direction of action change, it is necessary to provide timely and complete information feedback.To guard against the passing of time, we must not see but not see, listen but not hear, so as to counterattack the enemy at a favorable time to avoid unnecessary losses.

Examples of Wisdom
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

In October 1941, Hideki Tojo, a Japanese fascist Class A war criminal, became the 10th Prime Minister of Japan.The strategic intention of Hideki Tojo after he came to power was to accelerate the southward invasion.On the one hand, he facilitated the alliance treaty with Germany and Italy; on the other hand, he stepped up plans to attack Pearl Harbor in the United States, hoping that by concentrating on attacking the largest military base in the United States, the United States' military position would soon become passive.

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

At that time, the United States' global strategic policy was set up to focus on dealing with German fascism, and it did not want to have wars with countries in the Pacific region for the time being.In order to successfully implement the plan to attack Pearl Harbor, Japan made full use of the strategic psychology of the United States at this time and created various illusions of peace and friendship with the United States: On August 1941, 8, Japan proposed that the leaders of Japan and the United States meet in Honolulu. Direct talks to resolve the dispute between the two countries.Subsequently, the Japanese cabinet quickly sent a letter to President Roosevelt of the United States on August 7, expressing Japan’s desire to maintain peace in the Pacific as much as the United States, and once again imploring the United States to meet with Japan to clarify the views of the two sides and eliminate mutual misunderstandings and suspicion.Not only that, the Japanese special envoy Lasu was sent to Washington on November 8 to assist the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Nomura, in dealing with the U.S. government.The "efforts" of the Japanese side soon paid off. US President Roosevelt called the Emperor of Japan: "I hope that the President of the United States and the Emperor of Japan will work together to dispel the dark clouds in the sky."

然而令美方万万没有料到的是，日本的特遣部队、机动部队在这时其实已经离珍珠港所在地——瓦胡岛不远了。美国人民永远不会忘记这一天，1941年12月8日，日军用183架从航空母舰起飞的攻击机拉开了偷袭珍珠港的序幕，之后又有171架水平轰炸机和俯冲轰炸机轮番对珍珠港进行了猛烈轰炸。驻岛美军在心理上的毫无防备让他们遭受了极其惨重的损失：4艘主力舰有1艘遭到重创，其余3艘被炸伤；10余艘巡洋舰、驱逐舰以及其他舰艇被炸沉或炸伤；240架飞机被炸毁；陆海军官兵死伤多达4 500余人，美国太平洋舰队几乎全军覆没。

Before launching this devastating blow, the Japanese side successfully used the ancient Chinese strategy of "crossing the sky and crossing the sea". On the surface, it worked hard to reach a friendly settlement with the US, but in fact it was secretly preparing for various attacks to paralyze The United States, and greatly weakened the opponent's counterattack.It was one of the most traumatic experiences in American war history, with losses greater than those suffered in World War I combined.

Li Ka-shing "Drunkards don't want to drink"

Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing is a well-known real estate king in the Hong Kong real estate industry.His success is not a sudden rich, but decades of painstaking efforts, unique, won with courage and resourcefulness. In the 20s, Li Ka-shing successively developed four large-scale housing estates: Whampoa Garden, Haiyi Peninsula, Laguna City, and Kingswood Villas.When he acquired Hong Kong Electric in 80, he saw the potential benefits of Hong Kong Electric's site and resorted to the strategy of "crossing the sea from the sky".There is a power plant on the south coast of Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong Electric, adjacent to it is the oil depot of Shell Oil Company, and another oil depot of Shell is in Cha Kwo Ling, Kwun Tong, New Territories.After HK Electric was acquired, Li Ka-shing quickly moved the power plant to Lamma Island.His strategizing has earned the company two lands that are extremely suitable for the development of large-scale housing estates at the same time, and finally made a profit of more than 1985 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The same is true for the two housing estates of Laguna City and South Horizons. Li Ka-shing’s conception of them began in 1978 when he started to acquire Hutchison Whampoa.After a long period of patient waiting and careful planning, his plan has taken a big step forward after HK Electric was successfully acquired. In 1988, Li Ka-shing finally launched this plan in an all-round way.His unremitting patience not only helped him to win a series of beautiful victories, but also won him praise from many professionals in the industry.

It has been 10 years since Kingswood Villa was launched.The major shareholders who acquired this site, China Resources and Li Ka-shing’s Cheung Kong, had ambitious plans to build a new city with a population of 15 within 50 years. At this time, Li Ka-shing was thinking hard about the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa, so he could not participate Development work.China Resources, which presided over the development plan, ended up having no experience in real estate development and ignorance of Hong Kong's business secrets, so this huge plan died prematurely under the intervention of the Hong Kong government.All the shareholders sighed, but Li Ka-shing was confident and calm, and was very optimistic about the prospects of Kingswood Villas.He began to acquire the shares of other shareholders step by step. After 10 years of marathon stock absorption, he finally controlled 1988% of the shares except China Resources in 49.In December of the same year, Li Ka-shing signed an agreement with China Resources, guaranteeing that China Resources will make a profit of 12 million Hong Kong dollars in this development plan, and immediately pay 7.52/3, or 4 million Hong Kong dollars, to China Resources.If the price of the building exceeds the scope of the agreement in the future, the excess profit will be shared by Cheung Kong and China Resources, with China Resources accounting for 5.64%.At the same time, Cheung Kong took over all the development and sales work, and was willing to bear all the risks, while China Resources only had to wait for the harvest.But Li Ka-shing knows very well that those who take risks earn much more than those who enjoy the benefits.After the completion of the project, China Resources has won a profit of HK$51 million within the scope of the agreement for the first phase of the real estate project alone.In the next six periods, China Resources was equal to "extra" income, but in fact Cheung Kong's profits far exceeded that of China Resources, which was immeasurable.Throughout the plan, Li Ka-shing killed three birds with one stone: not only created huge profits for the company, but also saved China Resources, helped it reap huge benefits, and also greatly promoted good relations with Chinese companies, because China Resources is a typical National Ministry of Foreign Trade Trade Group Corporation in Hong Kong.

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