Xiùcai bùchūmén, néng/fāng zhī tiānxià shì.*

秀才不出門能/方知天下事。

Lit [A] scholar, (even) without going outside [of his study] knows [all] the affairs of the world.

Note [A traditional saying, praising the traditional literati; note: xiùcai technically refers to one who passed the imperial examination at the lowest (county) level in the Ming and Qing dynasties; vs. yīshēng bùchūmén below.]

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