◎追溯过去,可以预测未来。
英deduce what likely to happen in the future by reviewing what has taken place in the past; know the future by thinking of the past;
◎语本指根据已过去的事来推测,就可预知未来。
引《易经 · 说卦》:“八卦相错,数往者顺,知来者逆。”
明 · 陆容《菽园杂记 · 卷一》:“洪武中,朝廷访求通晓历数,数往知来,试无不验者,必封侯,食禄千五百石。”
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