塞翁失马
子日：“成事不说，遂事不谏，既往不咎”
This idiom basically show that what seems like a good thing might not be a good thing. Similarly, what seems like a bad thing might not be a bad thing. So the story tells of an old man who lost his horse, and he said it might be a good thing. So when his horse came back with another one, he said it might be a bad thing. His son rode the new horse, fell off, and broke his leg. But the old man said it might be a good thing - a year later, all young men went into the army, except for the old man's son, because he had a broken leg.
This idiom basically show that what seems like a good thing might not be a good thing. Similarly, what seems like a bad thing might not be a bad thing. So the story tells of an old man who lost his horse, and he said it might be a good thing. So when his horse came back with another one, he said it might be a bad thing. His son rode the new horse, fell off, and broke his leg. But the old man said it might be a good thing - a year later, all young men went into the army, except for the old man's son, because he had a broken leg.
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