Indeed. "All Warfare is based on deception."
There is also Lord T'an's Strategy #27: Feign Stupidity while Not Being Injudicious.
Zi Ma Chong-ta deceived Cao Shuang by deliberately masquerading as a drunken idiot in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it worked smashingly. It's so ironic that Beijing fails to recognize when Western Powers apply ancient Chinese wisdom.
Indeed. "All Warfare is based on deception."
There is also Lord T'an's Strategy #27: Feign Stupidity while Not Being Injudicious.
Zi Ma Chong-ta deceived Cao Shuang by deliberately masquerading as a drunken idiot in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it worked smashingly. It's so ironic that Beijing fails to recognize when Western Powers apply ancient Chinese wisdom.