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三十六计英文-Thirty-Six Stratagems 21. The cicada sheds its skin 三十六计
三十六计英文
22. Bolt the door to catch the thief
Miyamoto Musashi made an oblique reference to this idea when he wrote,
"In the world, people tend to think of a robber
trapped in a house as a fortified enemy
[and thus are afraid to approach the house---Editor].
However, if we think of "becoming the enemy",
we feel that the whole world is against us
and that there is no escape. He who is shut
inside is a pheasant. He who enters to arrest
is a hawk. You must appreciate this.
----"The Fire Book", Book of Five Rings
Sometimes a person gets himself into a trap, and all that is necessary is that
you shut the door. Bring his fears home to him, and he will collapse. Catching a
person in a web of lies that he has been broadcasting is a means of shutting the
door, for his own lies are ready to trap him. The enlightened general only needs
to pick the proper time and have the proper words (and evidence) ready. "Bolting
the Door" often requires patience in that the enlightened fighter has to let a
person's harmful behavior build up so that very little action is required to
trap him. This strategy is not a power move or something that requires great
exertion. Rather, bolting the door to catch the thief is a natural strategy in
which the enlightened fighter follows out a person's harmful activities and acts
in harmony with the situation so that accumulated misdeeds come home to him.
The most effective way to "Bolt the door" is to understand what an overly
aggressive, harmful person fears and dreads. The enlightened fighter also must
practice iron composure so that he doesn't get dragged into the trap with the
opponent. In any situation where a general "bolts the door," it must be clear
who is the thief and who is the good guy.
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