祸兮福所倚,福兮祸所伏 (禍兮福所倚,福兮禍所伏) huò xī fú suǒ yǐ, fú xī huò suǒ fú
huò xī fú suǒ yǐ, fú xī huò suǒ fú
phrase
misfortune leads to good fortune and good fortune conceals misfortune
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from Zhuangzi and repeated in the poem 鵩鳥賦 “The Owl” by 賈誼 Jia Yi contained in 史記 “Records of the Grand Historian”, volume 84 by 司馬遷 Sima Qian 45-86 BCE (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Sima Qian and Watson tr. 1993, vol I, p. 448; Guoyu '禍兮福所倚福兮禍所伏')