learn from the past

learn from the past

Taking the past as a mirror, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ g ǔ w é ij ì ng, which means to draw lessons from the success or failure in history. The same as "learning from the past". Source: biography of Wei Zheng in the old book of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to Wei zhengzhuan in the old book of the Tang Dynasty, "if a man uses copper as a mirror, he can straighten his clothes; if he uses ancient times as a mirror, he can know the ups and downs; if he uses people as a mirror, he can know the gains and losses."

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate, object, or attribute