study the past and foretell the future changes

study the past and foretell the future changes

Let us know that the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g à ow à ngzhi à L á I. if we tell this, we can know another point. Metaphor can understand the same and different cause and effect of things, so as to know the other. It comes from the Analects of Confucius in the pre Qin period.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius of the pre Qin period, it is said that "giving is the only way to say that the book of songs has been finished, telling all the past and knowing the future."

Idiom usage

It refers to knowing the other according to it. Examples: discuss poetry with CI and Shang, and draw lessons from each other. (preface to Shi Bi Xing Jian, Wei Yuan, Qing Dynasty)