◎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
【好工具】⒈ 谓知道了前事,就可以推测未来。
引语出《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。”
语本《易经.说卦》:「八卦相错,数往者顺,知来者逆。」指根据已过去的事来推测,就可预知未来。