A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.

explanation: a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise, and a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. Metaphor is that although you suffer losses for a while, you can benefit from it. It also means that bad things can be turned into good things under certain conditions, and vice versa. To describe people's mentality, we must be optimistic. Everything has two sides, the bad side, and it is possible to change to the good side.

Original text:

Those who are near the frontier have good skills. The horse died for no reason and went to Hu. Everyone hangs it, and his father says, "Why isn't this a blessing?" After living for several months, his horse will return to Hu Junma.

everyone congratulated him, and his father said, "Why can't this be a disaster?" The family is rich and good, and his son is easy to ride. He falls and breaks his moustache (pronounced bì, thigh).

everyone hangs on to it, and his father says, "Why is this not a blessing?" After living for one year, the Hu people entered the fortress, the Ding Zhuang people fought with strings, and the people who were near the fortress, the deceased was nineteen, so this was the only reason for lameness, and the father and son protected each other. Therefore, the blessing is a curse, and the curse is a blessing, which is extremely unpredictable and unfathomable. -

Vernacular translation of Huainanzi Human Training:

Among the people near the frontier fortress, there is a person who is proficient in the art of numbers. His horse went to the conference semifinals by itself, and everyone came to sympathize with him. The father said, "Why do you know it's not good luck?" A few months later, his horse came back with the fine horse of the Hu people, and everyone congratulated him.

The father said, "Why do you know it's not a curse?" There are rich horses in the family, and his son likes riding horses. Once he fell off a horse and broke his thigh bone. Everyone sympathized with him, and the father said, "Why do you know it's not good luck?"

after a year, the Hu people invaded the frontier fortress in a big way, and all the strong men took up bows and arrows to participate in the war. Nine of the people who fought in the frontier fortress died, and all those who did not die were seriously injured. Only because his son broke his leg, the father and son were able to save their lives. Therefore, blessings can be turned into disasters, and disasters can be turned into blessings. The changes are elusive and unfathomable.

Extended information:

The story of "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 the extreme changes that may occur.

In this way, no matter whether the blessing event is a disaster or a disaster becomes a blessing, we have enough psychological endurance. Metaphor is that although you suffer losses for a while, you may benefit from it. It also means that bad things can be turned into good things under certain conditions. The blessing and misfortune of things can be transformed into each other under certain conditions, and we should treat them with a dialectical attitude.

a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise.