JLPT N1Proverbs
人事を尽くして天命を待つ
- Meaning
- 全力を尽くした上で結果は天に任せる
- Explanation
- It is the attitude of doing everything possible within human effort, then leaving the result to heaven's will and quietly waiting. Unlike c1 and c2, which leave things to fate without doing anything, the premise of first giving one's all is essential, and it also differs from c3, which holds that effort can always change the result.
Original Japanese explanation
人としてできる限りの努力をやり尽くしたら、あとは結果を天の定めに委ねて静かに待つという態度。何もせず運命に任せる c1・c2 とは逆に、まず全力を尽くす前提が必須で、努力で結果を必ず変えられるとする c3 とも一線を画します。
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