师夷长技以制夷

1. • "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源 wèiyuán

Character by character

• 师(shī)surname Shi
• 夷(yí)non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
• 长(cháng)long
• 技(jì)skill
• 以(yǐ)use
• 制(zhì)system
• 夷(yí)non-Han people, esp. to the East of China