田忌賽馬 Horse Racing Strategy Tian Ji Horse Racing Tian Ji hästkapplöpning

二千 幾 年 前 嘅 中國 ， 有 一 個 齊國 ， 國王 齊威王 好 鍾意 賽馬 ， 佢 成日 同 佢 嘅 大臣 田忌 比賽 ， 而 田忌 次次 都 輸 ， 點解 呢 ？ two thousand|||||||||State of Qi|king|King Wei of Qi|||horse racing||||||minister|Tian Ji|horse race|and||||lost|| In China some 2,000 years ago, there was a state of Qi in which the king, Qi Wei Wang, loved horse racing. He competed with his minister Tian Ji all the time, and Tian Ji lost every time, why?

原來 佢哋 會 將 自己 嘅 馬 分成 三 等 ， 分別 係 上等 馬 、 中等 馬 ， 同埋 下等 馬 ， 然後 舉行 三 場 比賽 。 |||will||||Divide into||grades|respectively||Top-tier||Middle-class|||Lower class|||hold||| It turns out that they would divide their horses into three classes, namely, top class, middle class and bottom class, and then hold three races. 而 齊威王 嘅 上等馬 ， 次次 都 跑 得 快 過 田忌 嘅 上等馬 少少 ， 中等馬 同 下等馬 都 一樣 ， 所以 田忌 每 次 都 輸 。 |King Wei of Qi||superior horse|||||||Tian Ji||Top-tier horse||Middle horse||inferior horse||||Tian Ji||||lose King Qiwei's superior horses always run slightly faster than Tian Ji's superior horses, and the medium and inferior horses are the same, so Tian Ji loses every time. 為咗 唔好 失咗 個 氣勢 ， 田忌 次次 都 落 重注 [落注]， 於是 佢 次次 都 輸 好多 錢 。 "In order to"||lost||momentum|||||heavy bets|place bets||||||| In order not to lose his momentum, Tian Ji keeps placing heavy bets, so he ends up losing a lot of money each time.

有 一 日 ， 田忌 遇到 一 位 好 聰明 嘅 將軍 ， 佢 叫做 孫臏 。 ||||met||||smart||general||is called|Sun Bin One day, Tian Ji encountered a very clever general named Sun Bin. 孫臏 話 ： 「 田忌 ， 你 唔使 驚 ， 我 有 一 個 方法 ， 包 你 次次 賽馬 都 贏 ， 等 你 唔使 輸 錢 之餘 ， 仲 次次 都 會 贏 錢 。 」 Sun Bin||||||||||method|guarantee|||Horse racing||win|so|||||besides not losing|||||| Sun Bin said, "Tian Ji, don't be afraid, I have a way for you to win every time you race, and when you don't lose any money, you will win every time. I've got a way for you to win every time you race.

田忌 唔明白 ， 佢 問 孫臏 ： 「 你 係咪 想 揾 人 訓練 我 啲 馬 ？ 」 Tian Ji|don't understand|||Sun Bin||||||train||| Tian Ji didn't understand and asked Sun Yi, "Do you want someone to train my horses? I don't think so."

孫臏 答 ： 「 完全 唔使 訓練 你 啲 馬 。 」 ||totally||||your|

田忌 又 問 ： 「 噉 你 係咪 想 換 走 我 啲 馬 ？ 」 |||||||exchange|||| Tian Ji also asked, "Do you want to replace my horses? I am not sure if you want to replace my horse.

孫臏 答 ： 「 一樣 唔使 ， 乜 馬 都 唔使 換 。 」 ||||what|||| Mr. Sun replied, "You can't use the same thing, you can't use any other horse. I'm not going to change my horse.

田忌 好 驚 噉 話 ： 「 乜 都 唔做 ， 咪 又係 輸 ！ 」 |||||what||not do||again|lose Tian Ji was so shocked that he said, "I don't want to do anything, but I'm losing again! "I'm losing again."

孫臏 好 有 自信 噉 答 ： 「 信 我 啦 ， 跟住 我 做 ， 一定 會 贏 ！ 」 |||confident||||||||||| Mr. Suen was so confident, he said, "Trust me, follow me and you will definitely win! I'll win!"

冇 幾耐 ， 又 到 咗 賽馬日 。 |||||Race day Not long after, it's race day again. 齊威王 非常之 有 自信 ， 佢 望 住 田忌 話 ： 「 呢 次 我 又 嚟 贏 晒 你 啲 錢 喇 ！ 」 |very|||||||||||||||||| King Qi is very confident, he looks at Tian Ji and says: 'This time I will win all your money again!' 田忌 好 驚 ， 唔 知 點算 ， 而 孫臏 就 自信 十足 噉 企 喺 田忌 隔籬 。 ||scared|||what to do|but|Sun Bin||confidence|full of confidence||||| Tian Ji is very scared and doesn't know what to do, while Sun Bin stands confidently next to Tian Ji.

第 一 場 比賽 開始 喇 ！ 孫臏 派 咗 田忌 嘅 下等馬 ， 去 對戰 齊威王 嘅 上等馬 。 |sent||||||battle against||| Sun Bu sent the inferior horse of Tian Ji to fight against the superior horse of King Wei of Qi. 第 一 場 比賽 仍然 係 輸 ， 田忌 驚 到 面 都 青 埋 ， 但係 孫臏 依然 好 有 自信 。 ||||still||||||||pale||||still||| In the first match, he still lost. Tian Ji was so shocked that his face turned blue, but Sun Bei was still very confident.

之後 喺 第 二 場 比賽 ， 孫臏 派 田忌 嘅 上等馬 ， 去 對戰 齊威王 嘅 中等馬 。 Afterwards, in the second match, Sun Bin sent Tian Ji's superior horses to compete against King Qi's medium horses. 雖然 田忌 嘅 上等馬 贏 唔 到 齊威王 嘅 上等馬 ， 但係 要 贏 佢 嘅 中等馬 ， 真係 一啲 難度 都 冇 —— 田忌 終於 贏 咗 第 一 場 比賽 ！ although|||||||||||||||||a little|difficulty|||||||||| Although Tian Ji's superior horses couldn't win against King Qi's superior horses, winning against his medium horses was really not difficult at all — Tian Ji finally won the first match!

最後 係 第 三 場 比賽 ， 孫臏 派 田忌 嘅 中等馬 ， 去 對戰 齊威王 嘅 下等馬 。 |||||match|||||||||| Finally, in the third match, Sun Bin sent Tian Ji's medium horses to compete against King Qi's inferior horses. 諗 都 唔使 諗 ， 田忌 又 贏 多 場 。 三 場 比賽 ， 田忌 贏 咗 兩 場 ， 輸 咗 一 場 ： 三 盤 兩 勝 ， 田忌 終於 贏 咗 齊威王 ！ |||||||||||||matches||victory||||| In three matches, Tian Ji won two and lost one: with three sets and two victories, Tian Ji finally won against King Wei of Qi!

同樣 都 係 呢啲 馬 ， 用 原本 嘅 方法 ， 田忌 就 會 輸 ； 但係 調 一 調 出場 次序 ， 田忌 就 贏 。 the same||||||originally||||||||adjust||adjusting|starting order|order||| Again, with the same horses, Tian Ji would have lost in the original way, but with a few adjustments to the starting order, Tian Ji would have won. 孫臏 係咪 好 聰明 呢 ？ |||smart| 呢個 故事 話 畀 我哋 聽 ， 力 敵 唔 得 嘅 時候 ， 就要 智取 ！ ||||||strength|resist|cannot||||must use|Outsmart Let's hear the story, when you can't win, you have to win!