2.围魏救赵relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei 

　　3.借刀杀人killing someone with a borrowed knife 

　　4.以逸待劳waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy 

　　5.趁火打劫plundering a burning house 

　　6.声东击西****** a feint to the east and attacking in the west 

　　7.无中生有creating something out of nothing 

　　8.暗渡陈仓advancing secretly by an unknown path 

　　9.隔岸观火watching a fire from the other side of the river 

　　10.笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile 

　　11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing 

　　12.顺手牵羊picking up something in passing 

　　13.打草惊蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake 

　　14.借尸还魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse 

　　15.调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den 

　　16.欲擒故纵letting the enemy off in order to catch him 

　　17.抛砖引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things 

　　18.擒贼擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the follower* 

　　19.釜底抽薪**tracting the firewood from under the cauldron 

　　20.混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters 

　　21.金蝉脱壳slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin 

　　22.关门捉贼catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route 

　　23.远交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy 

　　24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor 

　　25.偷梁换柱stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers 

　　26.指桑骂槐reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry 

　　27.假痴不癫feigning madness without becoming insane 

　　28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof 

　　29.树上开花putting artificial flowers on trees 

　　30.反客为主turning from the guest into the host 

　　31.美人计using seductive women to corrupt the enemy 

　　32.空城计presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness 

　　33.反间计sowing discord among the enemy 

　　34.苦肉计deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man 

　　35.连环计coordinating one stratagem with another 

　　36.走为上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice