Read Edit View history 五十而知天命 wǔshí'érzhītiānmìng at fifty one knows destiny Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 五十而知天命 wǔshí'érzhītiānmìng at fifty one knows destiny at the age of fifty one understands the mandate of heaven, a quotation from the Analects of Confucius describing the progression of wisdom with age Edit Delete References Add reference see 知命/知命 → 五十而知天命/五十而知天命 Edit Delete
五十而知天命 wǔshí'érzhītiānmìng at fifty one knows destiny at the age of fifty one understands the mandate of heaven, a quotation from the Analects of Confucius describing the progression of wisdom with age Edit Delete