It means: Even if I would rather be sorry to the people of the world, the people of the world cannot be sorry to me.

Source: Luo Guanzhong (the fourth chapter of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms") at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

Cao Cao said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me." It means that although I killed someone by mistake and I feel sorry for them, there is nothing I can do about it now. I have no choice now, so I have no choice but to let others feel sorry for me rather than let others feel sorry for me.

The original words of "Three Kingdoms" are "I would rather let others down than others let me down." It means: "Am I the one who let down/sorry others, and no one lets me down/sorry me?" "In the novel, it is mistakenly said as "I would rather teach me to betray the world than teach the world to betray me!" In fact, it has ulterior motives and is actually to belittle Cao Cao.

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This is an extremely selfish statement, and it is also one of the main reasons why Cao Cao was criticized by later generations. Cao Cao accidentally killed Lu Boshe's family and felt guilty. Facing the questioning of his friends, Cao Cao used this to himself. Comforting and comforting friends. This sentence also shows one of Cao Cao's characteristics from the side: Cao Cao said what he was thinking calmly.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-I would rather betray others than others betray me