technique_73 (Q940)

TechniqueName: 聲東hit, west, <br><br>"* The mantis version of the technique name has a mistranslation: 声东击西 / 聲東擊西(trad.) shēng dōng jī xī to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom) to create a diversion source: https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=sheng+dong+ji+xi<br>* number 6 of the 36 battle strategems (see https://sicknesskungfu.com/the-reading-room/%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AD%E8%A8%88-san-shi-liu-ji-the-thirty-six-strategems/)<br>聲東擊西/Sheng Dong Ji Xi – Threaten the East, Strike the West<br>原文：亂志亂萃，不虞，坤下兌上之象；利其不自主而取之。<br>Original Text: A disordered will & confused focus will have no contingencies, the image of Kun below & Dui above; profit from his lack of independence & take him.<br>解析：敵方已經混亂，對所發生的事情都感意外，難以判斷和應付，這是《易經。萃》卦所說的那種混亂潰敗的象徵。應當利用其失去控制力的時機去消滅它。<br>Analysis: When the enemy is already in chaos, facing an entirely unexpected situation he finds hard to judge & deal with, this is Yi Jing’s Cuì Gua, which says that this sort of chaos indicates an army’s collapse. You should exploit this loss of control & take the opportunity to annihilate it.<br>* Also known as Zhi dong da xi (point the east and hit the west) meaning: Fake or actually hit in one direction or part of the body to draw the attention of an adversary there, then hit the other direction or body part. Also called <br>Sheng dong ji xi, zhi shang da xia (from falk dictionary of martial arts)." <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br>