Rén dào zhōngnián, bùfáng què gù suǒ lái jìng, xiǎngxiǎng zìjǐ yīlù de déshī.
In middle age, it doesn't hurt to 'look back at the path traveled' and reflect on what you gained and lost.
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From 李白《下终南山过斛斯山人宿置酒》(Li Bai, Tang): 暮从碧山下，山月随人归。却顾所来径，苍苍横翠微 (At dusk I descended the green mountain, the mountain moon following me home. I turned to look at the path I'd come — green dimness spread across the misty slope). A quiet mountain scene that has become the stock phrase for nostalgic retrospection.
usage
却 here is classical 'turn back, reverse' (却 = 退退), not modern 'however.' 径 = narrow path. Often quoted in speeches about a career or a long undertaking looking back at its origins.
