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Japanese
Etymology
Calque of Literary Chinese 射人先射馬，擒賊先擒王 (shè rén xiān shè mǎ, qín zéi xiān qín wáng, literally “to shoot the rider, first shoot his horse; to capture the thief, first capture the king”).
Proverb
人を射んとせばまず馬を射よ • (hito o in to seba mazu uma o iyo)
- begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
See also
References
- ^ Daniel Crump Buchanan, editor (1965), Japanese Proverbs and Sayings, reprint, revised edition, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 130