Classical Chinese translation

A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise, which comes from Liu An's Collection of Huainanzi Lie Hong in the Western Han Dynasty.

Original: He who is near the edge is skilled, and the horse dies for no reason. Everyone hung up, and his father said, "Why isn't this a blessing?" After living for several months, his horse returned to Hu. Everyone congratulated him, and his father said, "Why can't this be a disaster?" The family is rich and good, and the son is easy to ride, but he broke his stomach.

Everyone hung up, and his father said, "Why isn't this a blessing?" After living for a year, the Hu people entered the fortress, and the Dingzhuang people played with strings. The man near the fort, the deceased was nineteen. This alone is lame. Father and son protect each other. Therefore, a blessing is a curse, and a curse is a blessing, and it cannot be extremely unfathomable.

A person who is good at guessing good or bad luck 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 recruited to fight. 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.

Extended data:

The metaphor that a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise may benefit from it, although it may suffer for a while. That is to say, 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 be turned into bad things. No matter what happens, we should adjust our mentality, look beyond time and space, and take into account possible extreme changes.

Pronunciation: sàI wēng shēm ē m.

Usage: subject-predicate type; As an object and clause; A word used as a consolation.

Example: Li Ruzhen's seventh poem "The Edge of a Mirror Flower" in the Qing Dynasty: "It's a pity that Chu Shi's ambition has not been rewarded, and it's a blessing in disguise. ◎"