以逸待劳

Other English Names / Aliases: Wait at Leisure While the Enemy Labors; Victory Stratagems

Category: Military / Stratagem / Classical Literature

Domains / Fields: stratagem, negotiation, positioning, competition, conflict

* Name: 以逸待劳
* Other English Names / Aliases: Wait at Leisure While the Enemy Labors; Victory Stratagems
* Category: Military / Stratagem / Classical Literature
* Domains / Fields: stratagem, negotiation, positioning, competition, conflict
* Collection: Thirty-Six Stratagems
* Collection Order: 4

* Name: 以逸待劳 * Other English Names / Aliases: Wait at Leisure While the Enemy Labors; Victory Stratagems * Category: Military / Stratagem / Classical Literature * Domains / Fields: stratagem, negotiation, positioning, competition, conflict * Collection: Thirty-Six Stratagems * Collection Order: 4

Basic Information

Original Text: 困敌之势，不以战；损刚益柔。

Translation: Exhaust the enemy's position first rather than rushing into a direct confrontation.

* Stratagem Name: `以逸待劳`
* Original Text: `困敌之势，不以战；损刚益柔。`
* Translation: Exhaust the enemy's position first rather than rushing into a direct confrontation.

* Stratagem Name: 以逸待劳 * Original Text: 困敌之势，不以战；损刚益柔。 * Translation: Exhaust the enemy's position first rather than rushing into a direct confrontation.

Stratagem Name and Original Text

Concise Definition: Let the opponent wear themselves out first.

Explanation: A fatigued opponent is easier to defeat than a rested one.

* Concise Definition: Let the opponent wear themselves out first.
* Explanation: A fatigued opponent is easier to defeat than a rested one.

* Concise Definition: Let the opponent wear themselves out first. * Explanation: A fatigued opponent is easier to defeat than a rested one.

How It Works

Let competitors spend their resources educating the market, then enter once the awareness cost has been paid.

* Let competitors spend their resources educating the market, then enter once the awareness cost has been paid.

Usage Example

Strategic Point: Let the opponent wear themselves out first.

* Collection: Thirty-Six Stratagems
* Group: Victory Stratagems
* Strategic Point: Let the opponent wear themselves out first.

* Collection: Thirty-Six Stratagems * Group: Victory Stratagems * Strategic Point: Let the opponent wear themselves out first.

Collection Context

Exhaust the enemy's position first rather than rushing into a direct confrontation.