This is translation for "Thirty-Six Stratagems", hope to spread our broad and profound culture to the world. Thirty-Six Stratagems is one of the non-material cultural heritage in China, it is also the most precious intelligence our ancestors left for us from numorous battles in history. Although it is a military work,the principles have been applied in modern times including military,political and economic fields .
本篇是《三十六计》的译文，旨在让外国友人了解我们中国博大精深的文化! 《三十六计》是中国历代无数次战争实践经验的总结,是中华民族悠久非物质文化遗产之一，虽说是一部军事著作，但其蕴含的深刻哲理在现在军事，政治，经济等领域都得到了广泛的应用!
The name of this Stratagem origins from a legend.
In year 643,Taizong Li Shimin,Emperor of the Tang Dynasty went on an expedition to Gaoli country with a 300 thousand soldiers army. That day, they arrived at the seaside, Emperor Taizong can't help worry about how to across the sea when seeing the endless sea and roaring waves.The head Zhang Shigui felt the Emperor's worry and called in other heads to discuss what to do,no one got any idea, meanwhile,Xue Rengui had a brainstorm.
Several days later,Zhang & Xue had a formal visit to the Emperor and reported：
"There's a man who knows how to dry up the sea, he can help us cross the sea successfully."
The Emperor asked Xue lead him to meet that magical man after hearing these words. They arrived at a place which was decorated as normal. The Emperor called in the old man and spoke highly of his skills. Then, the Emperor gave a banquet in his hornor. Eveybody lost in the entertainment.
After a while,there's strong wind and thundering waves,and started shaking. The Emperor asked what happened,at this time, Zhang and Xue told the truth:
"Our army had already cross the sea, we're arrving the east coast soon"
That's the story of "Crossing the Sea Under Camouflage"
Actually this strategy is applied in our lives very often. it takes advantage of people's mind, people are always blind to the familiar scene they see. So they will be taken in this illusion.
本计计名来自一个传说。
相传唐贞观十七年(643)唐太宗李世民率军三十万御驾亲征高丽国。这一日，太宗来到海边，但见白浪滔天，汪洋一片，禁不住对怎样才能渡过大海发起愁来。前部总管张士贵见状赶忙与众将商议对策，众将们一个个面面相觑，一筹莫展，只有部将薛仁贵情急之中想出了一个主意。
几天后，张士贵领着薛仁贵一道拜见唐太宗，奏道:今有一位老人，精通干海之术，能将海水变干，可帮助我军东征成功。
太宗听说有如此神奇之人便命张，薛二人带路，前去会见老人。于是君臣三人在薛仁贵的引领下，穿过一条用帷幕遮蔽的通道，来到一个处所，只见这里绣幔锦彩，茵褥铺地，百官迎候。太宗召见了老人，夸奖了他的法术，并且大张筵席，召集群臣与老人一道饮宴作乐...
过了许久，忽闻风声四起，涛声如雷，杯盏倾倒，周围一片摇晃，太宗询问缘由，这时，张，薛二人才从实奏道:这是为臣使用的"瞒天过海"计，得一风势，三十万大军已经渡过大海，就要到达东岸了。
这就是传说薛仁贵用的"瞒天过海"之计!
瞒天过海实际上是利用以人们对待社会现象的习惯定势，对于熟视无睹的现象经常是深信不疑的心理，利用人的错觉，以假象骗人。一般军事上利用人们的这种心理，以假乱真，最后以假代真，以达到出其不意的效果。而在商业经营中，也可以假象为基础，达到渔人之利的目的！