Source: Fourteen Chapters of the Water Margin by Shi Naian in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties.
It's fate to meet thousands of miles away, but we never met.
Interpretation: Fate means that even if you are thousands of miles apart, you will meet one day. If you don't meet, you won't know each other.
Introduction to the work:
The Water Margin is a novel written by Shi Naian at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty (most of the existing publications are signed by Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong).
The book describes the grand story of Liangshan hero's resistance to oppression, his growth in Liangshan, Shui Bo, his enlistment in the Song Dynasty and his eventual demise.
It artistically reflects the whole process of the Sung River Uprising from its occurrence, development to failure in China history, profoundly reveals the social roots of the uprising, enthusiastically praises the uprising heroes' resistance struggle and social ideals, and specifically reveals the internal historical reasons for the failure of the uprising.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Water Margin.