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jmdict 2842888 Active (id: 2216394)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2842888</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>殷鑑遠からず</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>いんかんとおからず</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&proverb;</misc>
<s_inf>from Confucius: "the model for the Yin dynasty is not far-off (but in the collapse of the preceding Xia dynasty)"</s_inf>
<gloss>lessons from history are not far to seek</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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