shì dàn guān qí yǐ rán biàn kě zhī qí wèi rán
事但观其已然,便可知其未然;
rén bì jǐn qí dāng rán nǎi kě tīng qí zì rán
人必尽其当然,乃可听其自然。
围炉夜话 · 王永彬 · Chapter 179 of 221
shì dàn guān qí yǐ rán biàn kě zhī qí wèi rán
事但观其已然,便可知其未然;
rén bì jǐn qí dāng rán nǎi kě tīng qí zì rán
人必尽其当然,乃可听其自然。
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