Diohlshn To lure the tiger out of the mountains

Dnghn m nin, jnf bng q, g b y fng. Sn C nin jn shq su, qu nin shoyuwi, shl zhjin qingd. 199 Gngyun 199 nin, Sn C y xing bi tu jn, duq jingbi Ljing jn. Ljing yshunngng, rqi zhnj Ljing de jnf Li Xn shl qingd, yxnbb. Ysh Sn C xing ch le y tio mioj. Jnf Li Xn, jq tnci, Sn C bin pi rn gi t sngq y fn hul, bng zi xn zhng b Li Xn ds chupng y fn, Hi y ruzh de shnfn xing Li Xn qiji, qng q xingf shnglio. Li Xn wnfn dy. Shnglio y di, shfn fsh,
Li Xn zo xing duq, jn jin Sn C runru wnng, minq le hugzhyu, judng fbng shnglio. Sn C jin Li Xn shuilng bngm q gng shnglio, chng ni kngx, xnzhng dx, shu:"Loh y bi w dio ch shn le, wmen

gnkui q zhnj t de low ba!" Ysh shnl de kngzh le Ljing.

English Translation At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, warlords possessed many parts of the land. Sun Ce was only 17 years old, but young and promising. He followed in his father's footsteps and his power began to grow. In AD 199, Sun Ce wanted to advance further and managed to occupy Lu Jiang county in Jiangbei. Liu Xun was the ambitious and powerful warlord of Lu Jiang county and so in order to neutralize him Sun Ce organized a Coup. Sun Ce knew that Liu Xun was extremely greedy and so sent him a precious gift with a letter praising his achievements and asking for him to kindly surrender Jiangxi. After receiving the gift and reading the letter Liu Xun decided to banish Sun Ce from his kingdom once and for all and ordered his army to attack. On seeing the soldiers readying for attack Sun Ce reportedly said "The tiger has come out, and we will now occupy Lu Jiang." And Lo and behold they did. Now this phrase is used to mean luring or manipulating others into a position of weakness which can then be exploited. . Example

T shyng diohlshn zh j d yng le zh chng zhnzhng. He used the way of luring the tiger out of the mountains to win the war.