noun
words and deeds of ancient people
A yojijukugo referring to the sayings and actions of people from the past, often used in literary or historical contexts to evoke wisdom or lessons from antiquity.
彼は前言往行を研究し、そこから多くの教訓を得た。
He studied the words and deeds of ancient people and gained many lessons from them.
A yojijukugo composed of 前言 (previous words) and 往行 (past deeds). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but it is a classical Chinese-derived expression used in literary Japanese.