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Japanese
Etymology
Based on a poem by Du Fu.
Literally “to shoot the general, first shoot his horse”.
Proverb
将を射んと欲すればまず馬を射よ • (shō o in to hossureba 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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Daniel Crump Buchanan, editor (1965), Japanese Proverbs and Sayings, reprint, revised edition, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 130