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1. Never Outshine the Master 做人要低調

2. Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
不要太信任朋友，要利用敵人

3. Conceal your Intentions 隱藏好你的意圖

4. Always Say Less than Necessary 不多話

5. So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life
贏得好名聲——用一生守護它

6. Court Attention at all Cost 不惜一切贏得關注

7. Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit
讓別人幫你做事，自己得到聲譽

8. Make other People come to you – use Bait if Necessary
讓別人來找你——必要的時候用誘餌

9. Win through your Actions, Never through Argument 用行動而不是爭吵來獲勝

10. Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky會傳染，得避開不快和不幸的人

11. Learn to Keep People Dependent on You 學會讓人依靠你

12. Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
用有選擇的誠實和大方來緩和與你受害者的矛盾

13. When Asking for Help, Appeal People’s Self-Interest, Never to their Mercy or Gratitude
尋求幫助時，迎合他人自己的興趣而不是他們的仁慈和感激

14. Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy 以朋友的姿態像間諜一樣地工作

15. Crush your Enemy Totally 打擊敵人不遺余力

16. Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor 利用缺席提升地位和名氣

17. Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
讓別人陷入不知名的恐懼中，讓你周圍的空氣充滿未知性

18. Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous
不要用圍城保護自己——隔離是危險的

19. Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
知道你正在對付的人是誰——不要得罪錯了人

20. Do Not Commit to Anyone 不要向任何人承諾

21. Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
扮豬吃豬——巧妙掩飾你的智慧（自認為翻得好玩的一句）

22. Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
使用投降策略：把弱點轉化為優點

23. Concentrate Your Forces 集中火力

24. Play the Perfect Courtier 溜須拍馬

25. Re-Create Yourself 重塑自己

26. Keep Your Hands Clean 保持雙手干淨（身家清白）

27. Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cult like Following
滿足群眾需求以培養一群信徒

28. Enter Action with Boldness 大膽地行動

29. Plan All the Way to the End 預先想好所有的方法

30. Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless 讓你的成功看起來毫不費力

31. Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal
控制選擇：讓別人打出你想要的牌

32. Play to People’s Fantasies 滿足人們的幻想

33. Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew 找出每個人的死穴

34. Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
忠於自己的風格：你當自己是個人物，別人也當你是個人物

35. Master the Art of Timing 把握時機

36. Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge
輕視你得不到的：忽略他們是最好的報復

37. Create Compelling Spectacles 做出引人注目的事跡

38. Think as you like but Behave like others 想一套（你喜歡的）做一套（像別人一樣的）

39. Stir up Waters to Catch Fish 混水摸魚

40. Despise the Free Lunch 天下沒有免費的午餐

41. Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes 不要模仿大人物

42. Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter 打敗領頭者，跟風者將會一哄而散

43. Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others 用別人的想法工作

44. Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect 善於利用（消除或者激化）鏡像效應

45. Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once
鼓吹變化的需要，但切不可一次改變太多

46. Never appear too Perfect 永遠不要表現太完美

47. Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop
不要超過既定目標，面對成功，知道什麼時候停步

48. Assume Formlessness 無招勝有招