温故知新。［故きを温ねて新しきを知る。／故きを温めて新しきを知る。］ - 孔子 (紀元前551? - 前479): 『論語』為政
/ これからどうなるか知ろうと思う者は、これまでどうであったかをよく考えねばならない。
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Carrying knowledge into new fields. - Confucius (551? - 479B.C.): Lun Yü [The Analects (of Confucius)]
/ He that would know what shall be must consider what has been.
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