https://www.meetup.com/Philosophers-and-Gamblers/events/tflnnsycclbcc/

Please read Sun Zi "Art of War" from Columbia University
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/cup/sunzi_art_of_war.pdf
(or https://drive.google.com/file/d/14a0Ana0V8EKUSvEp1mpjl910DfLHpHlp/view?usp=sharing)

and review some some 36 stratagems from

http://changingminds.org/disciplines/warfare/36_strategems/36_stratagems.htm

or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems

Please identify some of the stratagems for this week's meetup discussion

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36 stratagems

Fool the Sky to Cross the Sea
Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao
Kill With a Borrowed Knife
Relax While the Enemy Exhausts Himself
Loot a Burning House
Make a Feint to the East While Attacking in the West

Create Something Out Of Nothing
Pretend to Take One Path While Sneaking Down Another
Watch the Fires Burning Across the River
Hide a Knife in a Smile
Sacrifice a Plum Tree to Save a Peach Tree
Take the Opportunity to Pilfer a Goat

Beat the Grass to Startle the Snake
Raise a Corpse From the Dead
Lure the Tiger Out of the Mountains
Snag the Enemy by Letting Him Off the Hook
Cast a Brick to Attract Jade
Capture the Ringleader to Catch the Bandits

Remove the Firewood from Under the Cauldron
Fish in Troubled Waters
Slough Off the Cicada's Shell
Shut The Door to Catch the Thief
Befriend a Distant State While Attacking a Neighbor
Obtain Safe Passage to Conquer the Kingdom of Guo

Replace the Beams and Pillars with Rotten Timber
Point at the Mulberry and Curse the Locust
Play Dumb While Remaining Smart
Pull Down the Ladder After the Ascent
Deck the Tree with Bogus Blossoms
Make the Host and the Guest Exchange Places

Use a Woman to Ensnare a Man
Fling Open the Gates to the Empty City
Let the Enemy's Own Spies Sow Discord in the Enemy Camp
Inflict Injury on Oneself in Order to Win the Enemy's Trust
Chain Together the Enemy's Warships
Run Away