When the world rises and falls, everyone is responsible, Gu Yanwu said. The phrase "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" was first proposed in Gu Yanwu's "Rizhilu·Zhengshi", and the background was the Qing army's entry into the pass. The original sentence is: "To protect the country, the king and his ministers will seek to eat meat; to protect the world, how can a humble man be responsible?" The eight-character language pattern came from Liang Qichao.

Who said that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world?

It is Gu Yanwu who said that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world.

"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." This concept was first proposed in Gu Yanwu's "Rizhilu·Zhengshi", and the background was the Qing army's entry into the pass. The original sentence is: "To protect the country, the emperor and his ministers will seek to eat meat; to protect the world, how can a common man be responsible for it?"

The eight-character language pattern comes from Liang Qichao.

It means the rise and fall of national affairs, and protecting the country from being overthrown is the responsibility of emperors, generals, ministers of civil and military affairs, and has nothing to do with ordinary people; and the rise and fall of major events in the world, every common person has a duty to do so. responsibility. Famous aphorisms similar to "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world"

1. Chang Si sacrificed himself for the country's needs regardless of his own safety. ——Sima Qian

2. Patriotism is like hunger and thirst. ——Ban Gu

3. Sacrificing his life to go to the national disaster, seeing death as if he were returning home. ——Cao Zhi

4. I feel more nostalgic when I am close to home, and I dare not ask the visitor. ——Song Zhiwen

5. Steaming clouds and dreamy lakes; waves shaking Yueyang City. ——Meng Haoran

6. Four or five sighs in the middle of the night are often worried about the great country. ——Li Bai

7. The national humiliation has not yet come to an end, how can one become famous? ——Li Bai

8. You must show loyalty and die to repay the kindness of the country. ——Li Xizhong Gu Yanwu’s ideological propositions

Gu Yanwu’s ideological propositions were a criticism of Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties, and became his ideological propositions for applying the principles of managing the world.

It points out that the ideological content of Neo-Confucianism deviates from the original intention of Confucius and deviates from traditional Confucianism. He deeply realized that the empty talk of the Neo-Confucianists harmed the country, and advocated the promotion of the traditional Confucian spirit of applying the world and the practical learning of self-cultivation and governance.

The realistic spirit of enlightening the world and saving the world runs through all of Gu Yanwu's political thoughts and becomes the starting point of his entire political thoughts.