there can never be too much deception in war(bīng bù yàn zhà)

there can never be too much deception in war

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ī NGB ú y à nzh à, which means fighting with troops does not exclude the use of deceptive tactics or means to defeat the enemy. It also refers to deceiving people by clever means. From Han Feizi, difficult one.

The origin of Idioms

Han Feizi, difficult one: "when I hear about it, I am polite and loyal to a gentleman. When I fight in battle, I am not tired of deceiving and deceiving. You are just deceiving.". "

Idiom usage

In the book of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is important to deal with the opportunity and never be tired of deception. Wang Shifu, Yuan Dynasty, the second fold of the third book of the romance of the Western chamber, Jin Shengtan commented: if we say that war does not tire of deceit, Zhuge does not have such a battle plan; if we say that fantasy does not tire of depth, Yanshi does not have such a machine. Chapter 30 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty: "you (Xu you) said with a smile:" all the people in the world say that Mencius is virtuous and treacherous, and it's true today! " Cao also said with a smile, "don't you be tired of deceit when you hear about war?" The 46th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty: using Kong Ming's secret plan to offer Huang Gai to be punished with an arrow: Cao Shi Cai Zhong, Cai he feigned surrender to spy on our army affairs, and Gong Jin was about to report the news to him. Gongjin's plan is also true. Chapter 59 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty: it says: "if you are not tired of deceit, you can fake it; if you use anti Japanese tactics to make Han and Ma suspect each other, you can break it." Lu Yitian of the Qing Dynasty wrote "Wang Wencheng's public soldier in lenglu's miscellaneous knowledge" that "all these things have won by surprise. The so-called" war is not insatiable of deceit ", which is beyond the knowledge of little Confucians."

Analysis of Idioms

War is never weary of power

Chinese PinYin : bīng bù yàn zhà