Sun Bin

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Qi State (Warring States) (primary)
Appears in 2 chapters:
  • Chapter 30 — Shunning Advice, Yuan Shao Loses Leaders and Granaries; Using Strategy, Cao Cao Scores Victory At Guandu.
    Sun Bin's besiege-Wei-to-rescue-Zhao stratagem, cited by Guo Tu to justify striking Cao Cao's camp during the Wuchao raid - the counsel that instead destroys Zhang He and Gao Lan's standing.
  • Chapter 100 — Raiding A Camp, The Shu Soldiers Defeat Cao Zhen; Contesting Array Battles, Zhuge Liang Shames Sima Yi.
    Alluded to by Yang Yi as the authority on the cooking-stove ruse: 'In the days of old, when Sun Bin was attacking Pang Juan, Sun Bin decreased the cooking arrangements as the soldiers were increased.' Zhuge Liang reverses it, and Sima Yi names him again at the end - 'Zhuge Liang imitated the ruse of Sun Bin to rouse my suspicion.'