人無遠慮，必有近憂

See also: 人无远虑，必有近忧

Chinese

		man; person; people	not have	foresight; long view; to plan far ahead		certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	immediate concern
trad. (人無遠慮，必有近憂)		人	無	遠慮	，	必	有	近憂
simp. (人无远虑，必有近忧)		人	无	远虑	，	必	有	近忧

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 15 (《論語·衞靈公》):

子曰：「人無遠慮，必有近憂。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「人无远虑，必有近忧。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Rén wú yuǎnlǜ, bì yǒu jìnyōu.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rén wú yuǎnlǜ, bì yǒu jìnyōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄩˋ , ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ mou⁴ jyun⁵ leoi⁶, bit¹ jau⁵ gan⁶ jau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rén wú yuǎnlǜ, bì yǒu jìnyōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄩˋ , ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rén wú yuǎnlyù, bì yǒu jìnyou
    • Wade–Giles: jên² wu² yüan³-lü⁴, pi⁴ yu³ chin⁴-yu¹
    • Yale: rén wú ywǎn-lyù-, bì yǒu jìn-yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren wu yeuanliuh, bih yeou jinniou
    • Palladius: жэнь у юаньлюй, би ю цзинью (žɛnʹ u juanʹljuj, bi ju czinʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ u³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ mou⁴ jyun⁵ leoi⁶, bit¹ jau⁵ gan⁶ jau¹
    • Yale: yàhn mòuh yúhn leuih, bīt yáuh gahn yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ mou⁴ jyn⁵ loey⁶, bit⁷ jau⁵ gan⁶ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ mou⁴ yun⁵ lêu⁶, bid¹ yeo⁵ gen⁶ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ mou̯²¹ jyːn¹³ lɵy̯²² piːt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ kɐn²² jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Proverb

人無遠慮，必有近憂

1. He who gives no thought to problems of the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand