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殷鑑遠からず
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 殷鑑遠からず.
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Proverb; From Confucius: "the model for the Yin dynasty is not far-off (but in the collapse of the preceding Xia dynasty)"
lessons from history are not far to seek
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