师夷长技以制夷
shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yíshiyichangjiyizhiyi
- "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[Wei4 Yuan2]
shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yíshiyichangjiyizhiyi
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