Classical Chinese entry every cloud has a silver lining

The old pioneer lost his horse-a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.

A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise, which means that although you suffer for a while, you may benefit from it. It also means that bad things can be turned into good things under certain conditions. An allusion in Lie Hong's Huai Nan Zi Jie comes from the idiom "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise".

Lie Hong was in Liu An, Huainan, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty? Someone else wrote it.

Original story

Those who approach the fort (1) have good skills (2), and the horse dies without cause (3), so go to Hu. Everyone hung on (4), and his father said, "Why is this (5) not a blessing?" After living for (6) months, his horse will return to (7) Hu Majun. Everyone congratulated him, and his father said, "Why can't this be a disaster?" Jia Fu (9) is a good horse, and his son is good at riding (10). He fell (1 1) and lost his moustache (12). Everyone hung up, and his father said, "Why isn't this a blessing?" After living for a year, Hu Da (13) entered the fortress, and Ding Zhuang took the lead (14). People near the fortress (15) died in nineteen years (16). The only reason is lame (17), and father and son care for each other (18). Therefore, a blessing is a curse and a curse is a blessing. Unable to change (19) unfathomable (20).

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A person who is good at speculating and mastering tricks lives near the frontier fortress. Once, his horse ran to the residence of the Hu people for no reason. People came to comfort him for this. The old man said, "Why isn't this a blessing?" A few months later, the lost horse came back with many good horses of the Hu people. People came to congratulate him. The old man added, "Why isn't this a disaster?" There are many good horses in the fortune teller's house. His son likes riding horses. As a result, he fell off his horse and broke his leg. People began to sympathize with him. The old man said, "Why isn't this a good thing?" After a year, the conference semifinals invaded the frontier fortress on a large scale, and all the able-bodied men confessed to go to war. Many people died near the frontier fortress. Only Sai Weng's son was saved from the battle because of his lame leg, and the father and son saved their lives together. ? [ 1-2]?

Basic explanation

Plug: border danger; Weng: Old man. Metaphor may benefit from a temporary loss. It also means that bad things can be turned into good things under certain conditions.

detailed description

1. explanation: plug: border danger; Weng: Old man. Metaphor may benefit from a temporary loss. It also means that bad things can be turned into good things under certain conditions.

2. From: "Huainanzi Human Training": "Those who are close to the fort have good skills, and the horse died in Hu for no reason. Everybody hang up. His father said, "Why isn't this a blessing?" After living for several months, his horse returned to Hu. Congratulations, everyone. ... so blessing is curse, curse is blessing, unfathomable, unfathomable. "

3. Example: It's a pity that Chu Shi's ambition failed, but "it's better to die than to die". ◎ The seventh time of Li Qingru's "Mirror Flower Edge"

4. Grammar: subject-predicate type; As an object and clause; Used as a consolation word? [3]?

word

(1) Great Wall area. Plug, front plug? [4]? .

(2) Good performer: a person who is proficient in several tricks. Good: good at it Skills, the number of skills, and the spells of speculating people's good or bad luck, such as fortune telling, fortune telling, fortune telling, etc.

(3) Hu: refers to the place where Hu people live.

(3) reason: reason. Death: escape.

(4) hanging: expressing comfort for one's misfortune.

(5) He Qi (jù): Why, it is a rhetorical question.

(6) home: I passed. Before the word time, it refers to the elapsed time.

(7) will: leadership.

(8) Yes.

(9) rich: a lot.

(10) Good: I like it.

(1 1) Down: Down.

(12) moustache (b √): femur.

(13) big: big.

(14) strike (xián): take up arms.

(15) Near the Games: Near the Great Wall border.

(16) Nineteen: Nine tenths; Refers to the vast majority.

(17) Lame: a noun, which refers to bad legs and feet, walking out of balance and limping; Crappy.

(18) Security: Save

(19) conversion: changing

(20) Extreme: exhausted

Idiom story

One of the people who live near the border is proficient in tricks. Their horses ran to the residence of the Hu people for no reason. People began to sympathize with him. The old man said, "Why can't this be a good thing?" After a few months, the horse came back with the good horse of the conference semifinals. People come to congratulate their families. The old man said, "How can this not be a bad thing?" There are many good horses in his family. His son likes riding horses, and as a result, he fell off his horse and broke his thigh. People come to comfort their families. The old man said, "Why can't this be a good thing?" After a year, the Hu people invaded the border area in a big way, and all the mature men took up bows and arrows to fight. Most people near the border are dead. Only this man was saved from fighting because of his lame leg, and his father and son were saved.

Story appreciation

Through a dramatic story, A blessing in disguise illustrates the unity of opposites between misfortune and happiness, and reveals the truth that "misfortune lies in happiness and happiness lies in misfortune". From a philosophical point of view, this fable inspires people to look at the problem dialectically from a developmental perspective: don't be depressed in adversity, and establish an optimistic belief that the future is boundless; Don't get drunk when you are busy, and maintain the sense of urgency of "happy death". ? [5]?

Under certain conditions, good things and bad things can be transformed into each other, bad things can be turned into good things, and good things can also be turned into bad things. The story of "a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise" has been circulated among the people for thousands of years. No matter what happens, we should adjust our mentality, look beyond time and space, and take into account possible extreme changes.