This article possibly contains original research. (January 2010) |
Author | Unknown |
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Language | Chinese |
Subject | military strategy |
Publication date | 6th century |
Publication place | China |
Thirty-Six Stratagems | |||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 三十六計 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 三十六计 | ||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||||
Vietnamese alphabet | tam thập lục kế ba mươi sáu kế | ||||||||||||||
Chữ Hán | 三十六計 | ||||||||||||||
Chữ Nôm | 𠀧𨒒𦒹計 | ||||||||||||||
Korean name | |||||||||||||||
Hangul | 삼십육계 | ||||||||||||||
Hanja | 三十六計 | ||||||||||||||
Japanese name | |||||||||||||||
Kanji | 兵法三十六計 | ||||||||||||||
Hiragana | へいほうさんじゅうろっけい |
Chinese military texts |
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The Thirty-Six Stratagems is a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and civil interaction.
Its focus on the use of cunning and deception both on the battlefield and in court have drawn comparisons to Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Zhang Yingyu's The Book of Swindles, a late-Ming-dynasty work that focuses on the realms of commerce and civil society, shares some thematic similarities.[1]
Unless otherwise specified, Chinese texts in this article are written in "Traditional Chinese, pinyin" format.