Guān duàn, shí tiáo lù.

官斷十條路。

Lit Officials judging [a case have] ten different ways.

Fig It's difficult to anticipate the outcome of a law case [in traditional China] as every one is settled differently. Going to court is a “crap shoot”; there's no way to predict what will happen.

Note [Cf. Xǐngshì Yīnyuán Zhuàn, chap. 81.]

Topics COURTS LAW OFFICIALS Xǐngshì_Yīnyuán_Zhuàn