《淮南子·人间》中记述一个塞翁失马的故事。故事讲:塞上有一善骑马者,马无故跑入胡人区域而丢失了,人们都很可惜,其父却很不在乎地说:“这难道不能变为好事吗?” 没想到过了几个月,这匹马带了一匹胡人的骏马一块回来了,人们都去祝贺。其父说:“这难道不能变为坏事吗?”谁知道,家里有了骏马,其子好骑,结果从马上跌下来摔伤了大腿骨。人们都去慰问,其父说:“这难道不能变为好事吗?” “Huainanzi · Human” describes a story of the blessing. The story says: there is a horse riding a horse stuffed, no reason to run into the barbarian region and lost horses, people are a pity, but his father did not care to say: “did not expect to be a good thing? In a few months, the horse came back with a barbarian horse, people are to congratulate. His father said: ”This can not become a bad thing? “ Who knows, the family has a horse, his son is a good ride, the result fell from immediately fell and broke the femur. People are sympathetic, his father said: ”This can not be a good thing?"