Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji

Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji, literally Sun Tzu's The Art of War and the Thirty-Six Stratagems, is a Chinese television series first broadcast in 2000. Set in the Warring States period of ancient China, the series tells the story of Sun Bin, a descendant of Sun Tzu, and his rival Pang Juan.

Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji
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Traditional	孫子兵法與三十六計
Simplified	孙子兵法与三十六计
Mandarin	Sūn Zǐ Bīngfǎ yǔ Sānshíliù Jì
Genre	Historical drama
Directed by	Zhang Huili Zhang Zhisheng
Starring	Chou Yongli Yang Hongwu
Opening theme	Sanshiliu Ji (三十六计) performed by Liu Zilin
Ending theme	Ba Youqing Liuzai Guxiang (把友情留在故乡) performed by Liu Chunlin
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	36
Production
Production location	China
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Release
First shown in	2000

List of episodes

Each episode is named after one of the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

#	Rough translation of title (in English)	Original title (in Chinese)
1	Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof	上屋抽梯
2	Hide a knife behind a smile	笑里藏刀
3	Feign madness but keep your balance	假痴不癫
4	Slough off the cicada's golden shell	金蝉脱壳
5	Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree	李代桃僵
6	Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao	围魏救赵
7	Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief	擒贼擒王
8	Leisurely await for the laboured	以逸待劳
9	Create something from nothing	无中生有
10	Kill with a borrowed knife	借刀杀人
11	Loot a burning house	趁火打劫
12	Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean	瞒天过海
13	Replace the beams with rotten timbers	偷梁换柱
14	Obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo	假道伐虢
15	Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west	声东击西
16	The empty fort strategy	空城计
17	Let the enemy's own spy sow discord in the enemy camp	反间计
18	Deck the tree with false blossoms	树上开花
19	Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem	抛砖引玉
20	Disturb the water and catch a fish	混水摸鱼
21	Sneak through the passage of Chencang	暗渡陈仓
22	The beauty trap	美人计
23	Make the host and the guest exchange roles	反客为主
24	Point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree	指桑骂槐
25	Chain stratagems	连环计
26	Befriend a distant state while attacking a neighbour	远交近攻
27	Stomp the grass to scare the snake	打草惊蛇
28	Entice the tiger to leave its mountain lair	调虎离山
29	In order to capture, one must let loose	欲擒故纵
30	Borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul	借尸还魂
31	Remove the firewood from under the pot	釜底抽薪
32	Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat	顺手牵羊
33	Shut the door to catch the thief	关门捉贼
34	Inflict injury on oneself to win the enemy's trust	苦肉计
35	Watch the fires burning across the river	隔岸观火
36	If all else fails, retreat	走为上

Cast

• Chou Yongli as Sun Bin
• Yang Hongwu as Pang Juan
• Zhang Xiaolei as Zhongli Chun
• Zhang Zijian as Gongsun Yue
• Gu Hongwei as Zhongli Qiu
• Han Fuli as Tian Ji

External links

• (in Chinese) Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji on Youku