Addition and Subtraction: The Chinese Martial Arts of Gambit and Setup

Author: Wu Jiaxiang
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: "Making Addition" and "Making Subtraction" – the collective wisdom that Chinese people now recite effortlessly originates from the author's original work "Wisdom Arithmetic – Theories of Addition and Subtraction" published a decade ago. This is a brand-new version, more concise, more engaging, and more accessible. Whether you are a housewife, a high-ranking official, a soldier, or a corporate executive, you definitely know that 1+1=2 and 1-1=0; but you may not know that some things in the world decrease when added and increase when subtracted. You may not know that conquering a kingdom might be due to solving a correct addition or subtraction problem, while the downfall of an entrepreneur might be because they failed to do addition and subtraction properly.
There are two types of addition and subtraction: one is the numerical addition and subtraction where 1+1=2, which everyone knows how to do; the other is the wisdom-based addition and subtraction where 1+1≠2, which you may not know how to do. It could equal -8, or it could equal 1,000, or even hundreds of thousands. The addition of a Qin prince, Yiren, and a crown prince's concubine, Huayang Lady, made the entire Qin state a prey in the hands of the great merchant Lü Buwei – this was the addition problem he solved back then. Once you master this type of addition and subtraction, you will have learned the Chinese martial art of setting traps and gaining advantages.
Whether you are a housewife, a high-ranking official, a soldier, or a corporate executive, you definitely know that 1+1=2 and 1-1=0; but you may not know that some things in the world decrease when added and increase when subtracted. You may not know that conquering a kingdom might be due to solving a correct addition or subtraction problem, while the downfall of an entrepreneur might be because they failed to do addition and subtraction properly.
There are two types of addition and subtraction: one is the numerical addition and subtraction where 1+1=2, which everyone knows how to do; the other is the wisdom-based addition and subtraction where 1+1≠2, which you may not know how to do. It could equal -8, or it could equal 1,000, or even hundreds of thousands. The addition of a Qin prince, Yiren, and a crown prince's concubine, Huayang Lady, made the entire Qin state a prey in the hands of the great merchant Lü Buwei – this was the addition problem he solved back then. Once you master this type of addition and subtraction, you will have learned the Chinese martial art of setting traps and gaining advantages.