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笑里藏刀 (xiào lǐ cáng dāo) Hiding a Dagger Behind a Smile Smiles are usually friendly, charming and disarming as well. So, it could also be deadly ifsomeone follows this scheme and hides a lethal weapon behind a charming smile. To defeat your enemy with a fatal strike, you need to get very close to him and smiles could helpyou get there. Charming and ingratiating smiles can relax your enemy's vigilance even if not winhis full trust. When your enemy is foiled enough by your smile to let you get close to him, you produce thehidden weapon and slay him in a surprise attack. Gongsun Yang, a famous statesman during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), knew verywell how to apply this stratagem. In order to expand its territory, the State of Qin named Gongsun Yang the general to lead anattack against the State of Wei. When the general and his troops arrived at Wucheng, a strategictown in Wei, he found the enemy had beefed up its defense and there was little chance to seizethe town without massive offensives and even heavy losses. With his strong troop, the Qin general could take the enemy town by storm, but he didn't wantto see a pyrrhic victory. So, how could he seize the town with little effort and minimum sacrifice? Then he discovered that the Wei general guarding the town was an old acquaintance, so hedecided to send him a very friendly letter, in which Gongsun Yang said how he cherished theirfriendship and expressed his "sincere" wish to make peace with Wei. At the same time, heordered his vanguard troops to retreat as a gesture of his "sincerity." The Wei general was very pleased to read the letter and when he learned that the Qin troopswere withdrawing, he decided to accept Gongsun's invitation for a meeting. 本文来源：https://www.dywdw.cn/4a6263207cd5360cba1aa8114431b90d6d858944.html
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2023-03-27
