三十六計逃げるに如かず

Japanese
Kanji in this term
三 十 六 計 逃 如
さん
Grade: 1		 じゅう
Grade: 1		 ろく > ろっ
Grade: 1		 けい
Grade: 2		 に
Grade: S		 し
Grade: S
goon kan’on kun’yomi

Etymology

Partial calque of Literary Chinese 檀公三十六策，走是上計. Compare Chinese 三十六計，走為上計／三十六计，走为上计 (sānshíliùjì, zǒuwéishàngjì), Vietnamese tẩu vi thượng sách.

The back-formation of this form in pseudo-kanbun would be 三十六計不如逃.

Phrase

三(さん)十(じゅう)六(ろっ)計(けい)逃(に)げるに如(し)かず • (Sanjūrokkei nigeru ni shikazu) 

  1. among the Thirty-Six Stratagems, nothing beats fleeing
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