shǔ wǎng zhī lái

数往知来

基本信息
词 语: SWZL
简 拼: ㄕㄨˇ ㄨㄤˇ ㄓ ㄌㄞˊ
词 性: 成语
英 文: 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
基本解释

◎ 数往知来 shǔwǎng-zhīlái [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] 追溯过去,可以预测未来

详细解释

谓知道了前事,就可以推测未来。语出《易·说卦》:“数往者顺,知来者逆”。 明 陆容 《菽园杂记》卷一:“ 洪武 中,朝廷访求通晓歷数,数往知来,诚无不验者,必封侯,食禄千五百石。”