, Darryl
迷者不問
mei.sha.fu.mon
Literally: lost – person – non – ask
Alternately: “The (truly) lost are those who do not ask (the way).” An admonition to ask questions when there’s something you don’t understand. If you get lost – literally or figuratively – and don’t ask the way, you’re just going to go on being lost.
Notes: This phrase comes to us from the writings of Confucian philosopher Xunzi, aka Xun Kuang.
But until I knock to ask, how will I know where to knock to ask?
[Image by 川瀬巴水 (Hasui Kawase), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]
