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Learn New Ways From Old / Onkochishin

New ideas coming from past history

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 wēn gù zhī xīn
 on ko chi shin
 온고지신
Learn New Ways From Old / Onkochishin Scroll

溫故知新 is a proverb from Confucius that is used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultures.

It can be translated in several ways:
Coming up with new ideas based on things learned in the past.
Examine things of the past, and obtain new knowledge.
Developing new ideas based on the study of the past.
Gain new insights through restudying old issues.
Understand the present by reviewing the past.
Learning from the past.
Review the old and know the new.
Taking a lesson from the past.
Taking a lesson from the wisdom of the ancients.
Follow the old ways.

The direct translation would be, “By asking old things, know new things.”
The Character meanings breakdown this way:
溫故 = ask old
知新 = know new

Explained: To learn new things that are outside of your experience, you can learn from old things of the past. You can find wisdom in history.

溫 VS. 温

Note: Japanese use a variant of the first Kanji in modern times.
Therefore if you order this from a Japanese calligrapher, expect the first Kanji to look like 温 instead of 溫.

In addition to 温故知新 as mentioned above, this is sometimes written as 温古知新 in Japan.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

温故知新

see styles		  onkochishin
    おんこちしん

温故知新
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(yoji) developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past

温古知新

see styles		  onkochishin
    おんこちしん

温古知新
Custom Scroll

(yoji) developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past

Variations:
温故知新
温古知新(iK)

see styles		  onkochishin
    おんこちしん		 (yoji) developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past

Variations:
温故知新
温古知新(sK)

see styles		  onkochishin
    おんこちしん		 (yoji) developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Learn New Ways From Old
Onkochishin		溫故知新
温故知新		on ko chi shin
onkochishin		wēn gù zhī xīn
wen1 gu4 zhi1 xin1
wen gu zhi xin
wenguzhixin		wen ku chih hsin
wenkuchihhsin
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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