The phrase 有鉴于此 (yǒu jiàn yú cǐ) is formed through a classical Chinese grammatical structure where 有鉴 means "having the mirror" or "having the reflection," with 鉴 (jiàn) metaphorically representing "lessons from the past" as one would see in a mirror. The preposition 于 (yú) links this reflection to the following demonstrative pronoun 此 (cǐ), meaning "this" or "these circumstances." Thus, the entire construct literally translates to "having the reflection/mirror regarding this," which evolved into the fixed idiom meaning "in view of this," "in consideration of this," or "based on the lessons drawn from these facts."