殷鑑遠からず いんかんとおからず Meanings Expression lessons from history are not far to seek (from Confucius: "the model for the Yin dynasty is not far-off (but in the collapse of the preceding Xia dynasty)") Kanji 殷 flourishing. Read as イン. 鑑 appraise. Read as カン. 遠 far. Read as とおい. Word lists Proverbs Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists