Borrow a Corpse to Resurrect the Dead

14. Borrow a Corpse to Resurrect the Dead

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“Borrow a corpse to resurrect the dead” implies using something that has been long forgotten or outdated for your own goals. Things of the past (methods, technology and even ideas) can be used for the future. Bring things of old and make it new again. You can also learn from the past to understand the future.

Another vague meaning is to use a puppet for your own bidding. Usually, that will imply using a puppet king or ruler to further one’s own goals. In its simplest interpretation, it can mean to give new life over something that is weak or dead (a take-over). That is what it means to “borrow a corpse to resurrect the dead“.

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This entry was written by David Kam and posted on June 9, 2008 at 11:05 pm and filed under 36 Stratagems. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

  1. Scott
    Posted June 11, 2008 at 5:30 am | Permalink

    I use this theory a lot with my songwriting and blogging. I may recycle a chorus from a dead song if I feel it fits a new idea. In blogging, I will use an old idea if I felt it didn’t get the proper attention the first time. Good analogy, great post.

  2. David Kam
    Posted June 11, 2008 at 9:33 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Scott :D

  3. BizGiftGuru
    Posted June 11, 2008 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

    like Starbucks with their old logo :-)

  4. David Kam
    Posted June 11, 2008 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

    hehe, the new starbucks logo was made by some porn directors!

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