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If you have the ambition, let the people follow it; if you don't have the ambition, go your own way. Translated into modern Chinese

The meaning of this sentence is: when you can realize your ambitions, follow the right path with the people; when you cannot realize your ambitions, walk your own path alone.

This sentence comes from: "Mencius·Tengwen Gongxia", the original sentence is: The road to travel in the world. If you get the ambition, follow it with the people; if you don't have the ambition, go your own way. Riches and honors cannot be lascivious, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued. This is called a true man.

Translation: When you can realize your ideals, you will walk on this right path together with the people; when you cannot realize your ideals, you will walk on this right path alone. Wealth and honor cannot confuse his thoughts, poverty and lowliness cannot shake his integrity, and power cannot bend his will. Only this is called a man with ambition and achievements.

The meaning of this sentence is:

Live in the most spacious residence in the world - "Benevolence", stand in the most upright position in the world - "Li", and walk On the broadest road in the world - "righteousness"; when you are successful, walk with the people; when you are unsuccessful, go your own way. Wealth cannot make me arrogant and extravagant, poverty and lowliness cannot make me change my moral integrity, and power cannot make me surrender my will. This is what you call a real man!

Everyone can get inspiration from this passage of Mencius. Being a person is not necessarily black or white. Sometimes you can go the wrong way, but you can't lose the bottom line in your heart. In the journey of life, people are likely to be unsatisfied, but no matter whether they succeed or lose their ambitions, they cannot blame others. They must actively engage in the world. Even if others do not think favorably of them, they must persist in their ideals and strive for them.