lì shǐ / shàng / xǔ duō / dì guó / cǎi yòng / fēn ér zhì zhī / de / cè lüè / lái / wéi chí / tǒng zhì历史上许多帝国采用分而治之的策略来维持统治。Many empires in history adopted the strategy of divide and rule to maintain their rule.