warning taken from the overturned cart ahead

warning taken from the overturned cart ahead

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ù ch ē zh ī Ji è, which means the previous failure, can be used as a lesson in the future. From the biography of Yu Chun in the book of Jin.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Yu Chun in the book of Jin, it is said that "to be a minister and a Yin, you should not only be modest and respectful, but also avoid the precepts of overturning the cart."

Idiom usage

We should pay attention to the lessons we have learned in doing things. We should not make the same mistake again if we have a lesson we have made. That will only be considered stupid.

Idiom story

In the Western Han Dynasty, Jia Yi, a native of Luoyang, had a good reputation as a gifted child since childhood. Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty heard that he was very talented and learned, so he asked him to come to Beijing as a doctor and asked him his views on governing the country. Jia Yi advocated taking the fall of the Qin Dynasty as a mirror, always reminding himself to implement benevolent government, let the people recuperate, and attach importance to agricultural production in order to make the country strong.