Secret Art of War
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Difficulty: Advanced
Keywords: Tactics, Strategy, Proverb, Books & Publications
The 36 Stratagems
Some 300 years ago, towards the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) an unknown writer published "Secret Art of War: The 36 Stratagems" writing down for the first time war stratagems which first appeared in the official history of Southern Qi
about 1500 years ago.
"The 36 Stratagems" is a military classic of ancient China and has its emphasis on deception as military art. Here we discuss how those stratagems might apply to WeiQi.
You may, however, prefer to read how Ma Xiaochun 9-dan applies them in his book The Thirty-six Stratagems Applied to Go.
Stratagems when in a superior position
Stratagems for confrontation
Stratagems for attack
Stratagems for confused situations
Stratagems for gaining ground
Stratagems for desperate situations
Links
There are many possible links to other pages on the 36 stratagems. For example these:
I picked up a book years ago, Lure the Tiger Out of the Mountains by Gao Yuan. Business focus, not WeiQi, but an excellent book with history of each strategy.
You can find it here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671758551/qid=1027299206/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-8802456-1509520 ($8 when I wrote this!)
See also The Protracted Game.
This is a copy of the living page
"Secret Art of War" at
Sensei's Library.
2003 the Authors, published under the OpenContent License V1.0.
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