勝かてば官かん軍ぐん、負まければ賊ぞく軍ぐん

expression

might is right; history is written by the victors

Proverb meaning that the winning side is always considered legitimate, while the losing side is branded as rebels or wrongdoers. Often used to comment on how power determines justice.

• 勝かてば官かん軍ぐん、負まければ賊ぞく軍ぐんという言こと葉ばがあるように、歴れき史しは勝しょう者しゃによって書かかれる。

  As the saying goes, 'might is right,' and history is written by the victors.

• 戦せん争そうでは勝かてば官かん軍ぐん、負まければ賊ぞく軍ぐんで、正せい義ぎは勝かった側がわのものになる。

  In war, the winners are always right and the losers are always wrong; justice belongs to the winning side.