人を射んとせば先ず馬を射よ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 人を射んとせば先ず馬を射よ – see the following entry.

[proverb] begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin

(This term, 人を射んとせば先ず馬を射よ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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