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 暗渡陈仓 An Du Chen Cang


*Advancing to Chen Cang by a hidden path. 

*Sneak through the passage of Chen Cang. 


-It is one of the "36 Strategies" 

-Means attacking from both sides. First attack directly, but using less power and secondly is to attack indirectly, but with great strength, when the opposite side does not expect that. That will lead the enemy into confusion and guarantee victory.

-To defeat the enemy, one have to expose part of action deliberately, so that one make a surprise attack somewhere else.


~Today, "sneaking through the passage/path to Chen Cang" also has the meaning of having an affair or doing something that is illegal.




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