in retracing the past , the future can be known
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǔ w ǎ ngzh ī L á I, which means to know the past and the future. It comes from Shuogua, the book of changes.
The origin of Idioms
Shuogua in the book of changes: "the number of the past is in order, and the knowledge of the future is contrary."
Idiom usage
It means knowing the past can infer the future
Examples
In hongwuzhong, the imperial court visited to know the calendar, and those who knew the past and knew the future would be granted Marquis, and they would eat five hundred stones. Lu Rong's miscellaneous notes of Shuyuan in Ming Dynasty Volume I
in retracing the past , the future can be known
go halves on a fifty-fifty basis - píng fēn qiū sè
retain political power by fair means after capturing it by foul - nì qǔ shùn shǒu
Everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart - sī mǎ zhāo zhī xīn,lù rén jiē zhī
be indecisive when decision is needed - dāng duàn bù duàn
Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang - sān gè chòu pí jiàng,sài guò zhū gě liàng