Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. This is the social proposition of Gu Yanwu, a famous Confucian in the early Qing Dynasty. It means that the survival of the nation is the responsibility of every citizen

As for "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", the "Chinese Dictionary" said: "Every ordinary person is responsible for the rise or fall of a country." Gu Yanwu's "Rizhilu" in the Qing Dynasty... Therefore, it is said The two sentences "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" mean that every ordinary person has a responsibility for the prosperity of the country.

The idiom "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world". There is a popular saying for many years. It was said by Gu Yanwu, but no one has ever pointed out which book it came from.

Liu Jiexiu reviewed Gu Yanwu's writings one by one, only in "Zhengshi", Volume 13 of "Rizhilu". "The following passage was found in the chapter: There is a subjugation of the country, and there is a subjugation of the world. Do you argue with the subjugation of the country and the subjugation of the world? He said: Yi changed his surname and changed his name, which is called the subjugation of the country; benevolence and righteousness are so full that he leads the beasts to eat people, and people will eat each other, which is called subjugation. The world... those who protect the country, their kings and ministers, and the carnivores seek to protect the country; those who protect the world are as humble as ordinary people, how can they be held responsible!

Liu Jiexiu continued to search, and finally found in "The Ice Drinking Room" The answer is found in "Collection": China has been civilized for thousands of years, and the people are the most numerous on the earth, but they are close to animals. Who should be ashamed of it? Gu Tinglin said: The rise and fall of the world, the lowliness of one man, who is responsible for it? Ear! ("Drinking Ice Room Collection·Collection One·General Theory of Discrimination·On Preschool Education")

Today we want to spread the national humiliation, and let our generation rehabilitate... There will be more in our generation. Well, if you want to destroy people and make a new start, what will happen? I don’t ask others, just ask me. Si Naizhen Gu Tinglin said that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world (ibid., "Collected Works, No. 33", "Poetrating Condemnation"). ·Three》)

After careful analysis, Liu Jiexiu believed that according to the actual development and application of language, the semantic meaning of "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" originated from Gu Yanwu, while the eight-character grammatical pattern came from Liang Qichao.