The Thirty-Six Strategies is a Chinese collection of 36 proverbs commented as militaristic tactics.

Recently uncovered in Mainland China, it became more and more popular inside and outside Chinese world. Often linked with Sun Tzu's Art of War, it differs from it by being only a list of "exceptions" that could occur during conflicts.

External links

• Chinese text arrayed with English and French translations (http://afpc.asso.fr/wengu/wg/wengu.php?l=36ji).
• http://www.chinastrategies.com English introduction and full translation with illustrating sample taken from Chinese and Japanese history.
• http://www.rising-hk.com/antivirus/safety/hacker13.htm Thirty-six Stratagems on Network-hacking.