塞翁失马 焉知非福 （英文部分转贴自谢和山's Blog）

Sai Weng Shi Ma 塞翁失马 焉知非福 （英文版）

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此成语虽旧但其含意对现今情势的呈现贴切非常。
2008年乃全球经济瘫痪, 股友财富大量出血之年。
连每年在Fortune富豪榜上连续前50名的几位仁兄：跳楼的跳楼，撞火车的撞火车，可想而知，这次的风暴影响，不敢说是空前至少我们希望它是绝后吧！
就因如此，各国财经老大上至总统/首相，下至嘛嘛档的（咖啡乌7角钱）口水多过茶政论名嘴，救国救市密方上下左右齐发但疗效如何呢？至少到目前为止乃深不可觅，影子还没看到哩。
有鉴于此，我老友谢某佛心大发，恐世人因此小挫而丧志，刻意借古喻今，挑灯夜战1440分钟，用英文译出了这一段中国寓言以供参阅！其行可嘉，其志可勉之！！！请细阅：
“Year 2008 has been a total horrendous year to go down in history with the worst cases of bankruptcies ever recorded across the globe. Is this the beginning or is this the end? To some the worst is almost over and to some, its merely the tip of the iceberg and expect more disastrous news, while some said, "who cares"? There is nothing much we can actually do. Hope for the very best and prepare for the worst as no one will really know, be it good, bad or ugly? Perhaps this ancient old Chinese legend may ease some tension and might help to keep optimism afloat.

Sai Weng Shi Ma Yan Zhi Fei Fu (Old man on the northern frontier)
There is this old man who lived at the border of the northern frontier of China, raised horses for a living. One day his prized horse ran away into the nearby mountains. On hearing this the neighbours came to offer moral support to comfort him. He surprised them by not getting upset at all and said "Perhaps this may turn out to be a good thing".

Sure enough his prized horse return with a wild stallion and again news spread to the whole village and the neighbours came to congratulate him. This time the wise man replied "Perhaps this may not be such good luck after all".

The next day his only son tried to ride on the wild stallion but unfortunately was thrown off the horse and broke his leg. The neighbours again came to console him but he responded "Perhaps this may turn out to be a good thing".

Few months later a warlord came to town to enlist young able man for battle. The wise man's son did not qualify due to his handicap and almost all who went to the battle field did not return.

Moral of the story: Life is full of changes and many challenges. One has to learn to face and accept losses and not to be overjoyed by gains. Every dark cloud has a silver lining, perhaps things may turn out to be good after all.
As the lunar year 2009 is the Year of the Ox , may it be a great and bullish year for ALL and we pray and believe that 'Tomorrow Will Be Better...'”
（简而言之：世事无常，人生如棋！2008塞翁失马 2009焉知非福！抬头挺胸，展望未来，明天会更好！！！）