Pronunciation: ti ā n xi à x and ng Wang, p ǐ f pǐfǒu zé?
Meaning: Every ordinary person is responsible for the prosperity or decline of a country.
Source: Records of Japanese Knowledge in Kiyogu Yanwu.
The original sentence: those who protect the country, their princes and ministers seek it; Those who protect the world are shameful and responsible.
Protecting a national system from being overthrown is the responsibility of emperors, generals and ministers of civil and military affairs, and has nothing to do with ordinary people; The prosperity and demise of the whole world is related to the interests of all people, so every ordinary person has an unshirkable responsibility.
Extended data source:
Gu was born in a township official family, studied since childhood, and participated in social transformation activities at the age of fourteen. Fu She is an innovative society, and its members are mostly patriotic intellectuals. Qing soldiers went south, Gu took part in the anti-Qing struggle, and lived in seclusion in Kunshan with Yang, the magistrate of Kunshan. When the city was broken, Gu's two younger brothers were killed by Qing soldiers, and his stepmother Wang also committed suicide by hunger strike.
Since then, Gu has been working in secret as a businessman and contacted anti-Qing forces. After being chased by the government, he fled Jiangnan and went to Shandong. Adhere to the anti-Qing dynasty in the north for more than 20 years.
After the age of 50, Gu wrote the Record of Japanese Knowledge. He said in the book: "Even an ordinary person is responsible for the rise and fall of the country." Until his death at the age of 69, he always adhered to national integrity.
"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" comes from Rizhilu, but the language mode of eight-character writing comes from Liang Qichao.