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Feign madness but keep your balance

the twenty-seventh of the Thirty-Six Stratagems
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Summary

Feign madness but keep your balance is a strategem[1]. It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Follows: Point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree[3]
  • Followed by: Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof[4]
  • Part of: Thirty-Six Stratagems[5]
  • Title: Fingersi stolti ma non pazzi[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Q141725193. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Plantist · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof
    Part of → —
    Part of → Thirty-Six Stratagems
    Followed by → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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