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Phrasebook: yǐ gǔ wéi jìng

以铜为镜，可以正衣冠；以古为镜，可以知兴替，以人为镜，可以明得失。

唐太宗 (李世民, 598年－649年)

Using bronze as a mirror, you can wear your clothes and your hat properly; using the ancient times as a mirror, you know rise and fall; by using people as a mirror, you understand success and failure.

Emperor Taizong of Tang

Aka 以史为鉴 (yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn).

Posted on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at 1:49 pm in China, history, ideology, phrasebook   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL

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