What is the honey trap story in Sun Tzu's Art of War?

The honey trap, a historical allusion, comes from "Thirty-six schemes" and "Liu Fa": "Take its disorderly ministers to fascinate them, and enter the beautiful women's lewd voices to confuse them." It means that "sugar-coated cannonballs" should be used to defeat the enemy generals ideologically and volitionally, so that their internal combat effectiveness will be lost, and then they will be attacked. As the text of this plan says, we must conquer its generals against powerful enemies; We should try to corrupt a resourceful general. If the general's morale drops, the troops will definitely lose morale and combat effectiveness. Only by attacking its weaknesses in various ways can we preserve our strength and turn the weak into the strong.

As mentioned earlier, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Battle of Wu Yue was defeated by Fu Cha. In order to humiliate Gou Jian, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, punished Gou Jian and his wife for hard work in the Wu Palace. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, grovelled before Fu Cha, the King of Wu, and tried every means to please him, thus defrauding Fu Cha's trust and finally letting him return to Yue. Later, the State of Yue took advantage of the fish in troubled waters and finally destroyed the State of Wu, forcing Fu Cha to draw his sword and commit suicide.

How did the "fire" start? It turns out that Gou Jian successfully used the "honey trap". After Gou Jian was put back to Yue State, he tried his best and never forgot his revenge. The State of Wu is powerful, and the State of Yue cannot win by force. Doctor Zi gave him a plan: "Birds die from delicious food, fish from deep springs, and bait smells good." To avenge our country, we must give it what it wants and lose the will to fight. In this way, you can kill focha. " Therefore, Gou Jian chose stone and two peerless beauties to give to Fu Cha, and also gave rare treasures to the prince of Wu every year. Fu Cha thought that Gou Jian had been surrendered by him, so he had no doubt. Fu Cha was drinking and having fun with beautiful women all day, and even the admonition of Minister Wu Zixu was completely ignored. Later, the State of Wu attacked the State of Qi, and Gou Jian sent troops to help the prince of Wu cut Qi to show his loyalty and paralyze Fu Cha. After the victory of Wu, Gou Jian personally went to Wu to congratulate him.

Focha's lust for women is getting worse every day, and he doesn't want to ask about politics at all. Wu Yu's advice to Xu Li was ineffective, but he was forced to commit suicide. Gou Jian sees it in his eyes and enjoys it in his heart. In 482 BC, there was a drought in the State of Wu. When Gou Jian took Fu Cha north to join the Union, he highlighted the attackers' attack on the State of Wu. Wu was finally destroyed by the state of Yue, and Fu Cha had to wait for death. The core of the honey trap is "cutting the wise and their feelings." As the saying goes, heroes are sad about beauty, which is aimed at those leaders who are weak-willed and lust for beauty. In the history of Chinese and foreign wars, there are many examples of one side killing the other with "honey trap". "If there is a strange slut, there will be a strange disaster." For monarchs and kings, they often give up everything else for their own greed, regardless of the safety of the country and the people, and eventually lead to the destruction of the country and the family. Legend has it that praise is the devil's arrival. Because of Zhou Youwang's absurdity and indiscriminate, the demon god asked Zan to come to the afterlife to accelerate the demise of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Praise is the adoption and growth of the praised place. The doctor of the Western Zhou Dynasty praised You for speaking out for righteousness, which angered You Wang, who ordered him to be put in prison. Bao Jun's son, Hong De, occasionally goes to Bao Di to collect rent tax. He saw that the steamed stuffed bun when he grew up was as beautiful as a fairy, so he brought him back and taught her to sing and dance. Then, Hunde dedicated the praise to Wang You, and he was naturally ecstatic. He ordered the release of steamed stuffed bun and reinstated him. Since then, you Wang has praised you: stack stocks when you sit down; Stand side by side when standing; Drink it and make a cup; If you eat, you will not go to court for more than ten days. What's more, your king fought a war just to win a smile from a beautiful woman.

There is another situation. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Han Dynasty has been shrouded in the shadow of Xiongnu. On one occasion, the Xiongnu went south, and the satrap Han Wangxin was forced to surrender to the Xiongnu. After hearing this, Liu Bang was furious and led 300,000 troops north to attack the Huns. Seeing that the Xiongnu soldiers were old, weak and sick, they all rushed forward with rusty knives, underestimating their enemies and being cheated by the Xiongnu. When the Han army arrived near Dengbai Mountain, it was surrounded by 400,000 Xiongnu soldiers lying in ambush here and was trapped in Deng Bai Mountain. A few days later, the army was hungry and cold, and it was about to be wiped out. Chen Ping, one of Liu Bang's men, got a picture of a beautiful woman in the Han Dynasty, and took a small amount of gold to the camp of the Huns (equivalent to the Empress of the Han Dynasty) to send the beautiful woman picture and gold. When I saw the pictures of beautiful women, I was in a dilemma: If the King (Hun Khan) defeated Liu Bang and entered the Central Plains, I would definitely marry a beautiful woman from the Central Plains. Therefore, in order to be a stable queen, it is better to say that the king is leaving! So that night, Zishi came to Khan camp and successfully persuaded Khan to withdraw. Chen Ping defeated the Huns' 400,000 troops with a beautiful figure, leaving a wonderful stroke in history.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia