Everything in advance is established, not in advance is abandoned(fán shì yù zé lì，bù yù zé fèi)

Everything in advance is established, not in advance is abandoned

It means: to do anything, you can succeed if you are prepared in advance, and you will fail if you are not prepared. If you are prepared before you speak, you will not be unable to hold your ground; if you plan before you act, you will not make mistakes or regret. Philosophically, it reflects the relationship between cause and result.

This sentence comes from the book of rites, the doctrine of the mean: "everything is established if it is not, but abandoned if it is not.". "Before speaking, we should not be confused, before going, we should not be sleepy, before going, we should not be guilty, and before going, we should not be poor." Yu, also known as "pre.".

In Mao Zedong's on protracted war, he also quoted in 1988: "everything in advance is established, and nothing in advance is abandoned. Without prior planning and preparation, we can not win the war."

essential information

[pronunciation] f á NSH ì y ù Z é L ì, B ú y ù Z é f è i [phonetic] ㄈㄢㄕㄩㄗㄜㄌㄧ, ㄅㄨㄨㄩㄜㄜㄟㄟメㄟメㄟメㄝㄅㄨㄨㄢㄜㄜㄟㄟメㄟメㄩㄝㄩㄝㄝㄝㄢㄢㄢㄢㄢ. Li: achievement. Waste: corrupt. no matter what you do, if you prepare in advance, you will succeed, otherwise you will fail. "Everything will be settled if it is settled, and it will be abandoned if it is not settled." without prior planning and preparation, we can not win the war. ——On protracted war by Mao Zedong

allusion

On the book of Rites

The book of rites is a Confucian classic, and its position in the study of Confucian classics has been determined for a long time. The book of rites is a collection of 49 books compiled by Dai Sheng, a scholar of rites in the Wuxuan period of the Western Han Dynasty. It contains works of various schools from Confucius to Mencius and Xunzi, all of which are recorded by the seventy descendants of Confucius. Most of them were written in the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. The basic contents reflected in the articles are mostly the pre Qin ancient system, in which there are some comments of Confucius or his disciples' exertion of the true meaning of Confucius' thought. Even if there are some chapters written by the Confucians in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the basic contents are also reminiscent of the pre Qin ancient system. The book also contains the contents of the ancient ritual system and the social life scene at that time. In addition, there are special chapters in the book of rites from the general plan of governing the country to the family rules. These chapters embody the principle and spirit of patriarchal system everywhere. The book of rites occupies a prominent position in the academic history of Confucianism. By studying the relevant chapters in the book of rites, we can roughly outline the inheritance relationship between Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi, and even between the Qin and Han Dynasties. The book of rites provides sufficient information for the study of the history of Confucianism in the pre Qin period, especially the thought of rites. The Confucian thought of ritual is broad and profound. From Confucius' initiation of the thought of ritual to a higher stage through the development of Mencius and Xunzi, the system is well prepared. Among them, the book of Rites has the most wonderful and complete exposition on the study of rites. The book of rites is also a collection of academic papers with profound ideological content, such as the doctrine of the mean, the University and Liyun. It is a famous work in the history of Chinese academic thought and has a far-reaching influence. They are the important reference to understand the Confucian thought of ritual.

Original text and notes

Everything is established if it is anticipated, and abandoned if it is not anticipated. If you decide before you say something, you will not be confused; if you decide before you do something, you will not be sleepy; if you decide before you do something, you will not feel guilty; if you decide before you do something, you will not be poor. ——The book of rites, the doctrine of the mean. Pre: prepare in advance. Everything: no matter what. 3. 跲: clip, originally meant to trip. This is the meaning of the poor words. Difficulties: difficulties, obstacles. Guilt: regret means regret. 6. Poor: it means desperate here. 7. Selected from the book of rites, the doctrine of the mean

Chinese PinYin : fán shì yù zé lì，bù yù zé fèi