但行好事，莫問前程

但行好事，莫問前程

Chinese

		but; yet; however but; yet; however; only; merely; still	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional	good thing; happy event; joyous occasion		do not; there is none who	to ask	journey ahead; road ahead; future journey ahead; road ahead; future; prospects; expectations
trad. (但行好事，莫問前程)		但	行	好事	，	莫	問	前程
simp. (但行好事，莫问前程)		但	行	好事	，	莫	问	前程

Etymology

Attested in the poem Tian Dao (天道) by 馮道 (Feng Dao) in a similar form:

但知行好事，莫要問前程。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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但知行好事，莫要问前程。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 御定全唐詩 (四庫全書本)/卷737

Dàn zhī xíng hǎoshì, mò yào wèn qiánchéng. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàn xíng hǎoshì, mò wèn qiánchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ, ㄇㄛˋ ㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàn xíng hǎoshì, mò wèn qiánchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄕˋ, ㄇㄛˋ ㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàn síng hǎoshìh, mò wùn ciánchéng
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴ hsing² hao³-shih⁴- mo⁴ wên⁴ chʻien²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: dàn syíng hǎu-shr̀-, mwò wèn chyán-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann shyng haoshyh, moh wenn chyancherng
    • Palladius: дань син хаоши, мо вэнь цяньчэн (danʹ sin xaoši, mo vɛnʹ cjanʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mwɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

Proverb

但行好事，莫問前程

1. Just do good deeds and do not worry about the future.