108 Gambits of the Thousand Gates

The master of the Thousand Gates holds 36 grand schemes in his heart. They have long since vanished, and can now only be expressed obliquely through novels. Readers will need to savor them carefully...

Hidden threads stringing pearls, trapping beasts to bind the heavens, rolling pearls with drops of water, three mountains offering a cauldron

Returning grain to the fields, the Way's king aiding the king, a soaring dragon destroying the lair, sabotaging a business to wreck the market

A hidden dragon unleashing a flood, luring someone to pluck the laurel, cutting off the road with the Asura, treacherous kin and sinister spirits

Selecting an official to serve as a pawn, a black horse crowned with flowers, yin invading yang's path, shifting stars and changing constellations

The Grand Duke fishing, the Three Families dividing Jin, the Tian clan replacing Qi, passing the flower to the beat of a drum

Setting fire to the linked camps, seven stars gathering, magpies fighting for a nest, gentry gathering to breach the dike

Borrowing momentum to change the flag, creating a calamity and riding the tide, flooding Jinshan, waves surging against the shore

A smile that topples a city, drawing a bow on a perilous cliff, Farewell My Concubine, getting drunk even on rough liquor

Worshipping Buddha across the mountain, tears shed in Linqing, fishing and killing the family, squeezing oil from stone

The Heavenly Wolf with a carved bow, nine cats chasing the moon, the Su constellation at the Star Gate...