13.打草驚蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake

　　14.借尸還魂 resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse

　　15.調虎離山luring the tiger out of his den

　　16.欲擒故縱letting the enemy off in order to catch him

　　17.拋磚引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things

　　18.擒賊擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers

　　19.釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from under the cauldron

　　20.混水摸魚 muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters

　　21.金蟬脫殼slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin

　　22.關門捉賊catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route

　　23.遠交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy

　　24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor