Humans everything `Saiou' horse literature : All human affairs are like `Saiou's horse Meaning ; One's fortune/luck is unpredictable and changeable Notes: Saiou ga uma refers to an old story about a man and a horse, where what at first appears to be good luck turns out to be bad luck.it was an old Chinese folk take about an old man called Sai (the -ou, also read as okina, means "old man"). The story goes that one day his horse broke down the fence and ran away. When his neighbours heard, they commiserated with him over his misfortune, but he said `How do you know this is not really good luck?'. A few days later the horse returned, bringing another horse with it. However when his neighbours congratulated him on his good luck, the old man said `How do you know this is really good luck?' Sure enough, some while later Sai's son falls while riding the horse, and breaks his leg. However this turns out to be good fortune when all the young men of the village are ordered to join the Emperor's army. Sai's son doesn't have to go since he has a broken leg.
Manusia segalanya
kuda Saiou harfiah :
Semua urusan manusia
seperti kuda
Saiou
arti ;
keberuntungan seseorang /
keberuntungan
yang tak terduga dan
bisa berubah
Catatan : Saiou ga uma
mengacu pada suatu
cerita lama tentang seorang pria dan kuda,
di mana apa yang pada
awalnya tampak
keberuntungan
ternyata nasib buruk.itu adalah
rakyat Tiongkok tua
memakan waktu sekitar seorang pria
tua bernama Sai (ou-,
juga dibaca sebagai
okina, berarti "orang
tua"). Cerita berlanjut
bahwa suatu hari kudanya mogok pagar
dan lari. Ketika
tetangganya
mendengar, mereka
simpati dengan dia
lebih dari kemalangan, tapi ia
mengatakan
`Bagaimana Anda tahu
ini bukan
keberuntungan benar-
benar baik?". Beberapa hari kemudian kuda
kembali, membawa
kuda lain dengan itu.
Namun ketika
tetangganya
mengucapkan selamat kepadanya pada
keberuntungan yang
baik, pria tua itu
berkata `Bagaimana
Anda tahu ini benar-
benar keberuntungan?"
Benar saja, sementara
beberapa anak
kemudian Sai jatuh
saat naik kuda, dan
mematahkan kakinya. Namun hal ini
ternyata nasib baik
ketika semua pria
muda di desa
diperintahkan untuk
bergabung dengan tentara Kaisar. Sai
anak tidak harus
pergi karena dia
memiliki patah kaki