Definition One need not look far for a lesson. / Past examples serving as a warning to later generations are not far to seek. / The former example is before one's eyes.

Idiom 殷 Refers to the late Shang Dynasty / 鉴 mirror / It means that the descendants of Yin and Shang should take the destruction of Xia as a precept / The lesson later refers to the predecessors in general

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