The best solutions often come from the intersection of old wisdom and new science.
失敗は成功の母である。
Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.
我不是生意人,我就是生意本身。