As for "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", The Chinese Dictionary says: "Every ordinary person has a responsibility for the prosperity or decline of the country." The phrase "Every man has a responsibility" means that every ordinary person has a responsibility for the prosperity of the country and the nation.
The idiom "Every man has a responsibility for the rise and fall of the world" has been popular for many years, but it is said by Gu Yanwu. However, it has never been pointed out in any book written by Gu Yanwu.
Liu Jiexiu searched Gu Yanwu's writings one by one, only in Volume XIII of Rizhilu. Yue: changing one's surname to another is called national subjugation; Benevolence and righteousness are a hindrance, but as for the rate of animal cannibalism, people will eat each other, which is called the death of the world ... Those who protect the country, their princes and meat eaters seek it; Those who protect the world are cheap, and they have no responsibility!
Liu Jiexiu continued to search, and finally found the answer in "Collection of Drinking Rooms": China, a country with thousands of years of civilization, is surrounded by people, but it is inevitably close to animals. Whose shame is it? Gu Tinglin said: The rise and fall of the world, the meanness of every man, and the responsibility have no ear! (
If you want to sprinkle one of the national humiliation, it will be rehabilitated in our generation ... There will be many husbands in our generation, and if you want to make a fresh start, what can you do? I don't want to ask others, just ask me. As Gu Tinglin said, every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. (Same as above, Collection 33, Bitter Conviction Statement III)
After textual research, Liu Jiexiu thinks that according to the reality of language development and application, the semantic meaning of "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" originated from Gu Yanwu, while the eight-character written style originated from Liang Qichao.