Yǒuyuán, qiān lǐ lái xiānghuì; wúyuán, duìmiàn bù xiāngféng.*

有緣千里來相會, 無緣對面不相逢。

Lit If fated, [to do so], people will come together [though a] thousand leagues apart; if not so fated, they will miss each other [though they come] face to face.

Note [Cf. WM, chap. 35; JW, chap. 81; note: yuánfèn, “lot or luck by which people are brought together”; one lǐ equals one-half kilometer; see also gèrén yǒu gèrén de yuánfǎ and jì zài Fó huì xià above.]

Topics FATE JW LUCK MEETING WM yuánfèn