See the beginning and know the end

See the beginning and know the end

Seeing the beginning and knowing the end, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à NSH à zh à ng, which means to see the beginning of things can be expected to its final result. It comes from yuejueshu, preface to yuejuede, written by Yuan Kang of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In yuejueshu, yuejuedexuwaizhuan, Yuan Kang of Han Dynasty, it is said that "the sage knows what he has learned from the beginning to the end."

Analysis of Idioms

Near synonym: know what you see

Idiom usage

In the Three Kingdoms, Shu and Zhuge Liang's "Sixteen strategies for cheapness, consideration", it is said that "a gentleman looks at the small and knows the beginning and the end, and there is no way to start a disaster. This is the policy of consideration."