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The Role Of Blessing In The Lost Horse

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The point being made in “The Lost Horse” about distinguishing good and bad fortune is that, “truly, a blessing turns to disaster, and disaster to blessing: the changes have no end, nor can the mystery be fathomed”(Taoist Anecdote 416). In simpler words good and bad fortune can not necessarily be distinguished because there is no exact pattern and there is no exact way of knowing how a situation may end. Most of us will pray for good however there are times where a blessing may lead to a disaster later on. Examples from this are seen throughout the passage from the time when everyone congratulated the boy and his father said, “What makes you so sure this isn’t a disaster” (Taoist Anecdote 416) to the moment when he fell and broke his leg and
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