勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍
かてばかんぐん、まければぞくぐん
Meanings
- Expression might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong (literally: if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army)
Kanji
- 勝 win. Read as かつ.
- 官 official. Read as カン.
- 軍 army. Read as グン.
- 負 lose. Read as まける.
- 賊 bandit. Read as ゾク.