“Establish a heart for heaven and earth” is a famous saying of Zhang Zai, a master of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Original sentence:

Establish a mind for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry forward the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations.

Translation:

Establish the mind of birth and birth for the world, point out a road for the people to follow, inherit the knowledge that Confucius and Mencius and other previous saints did not pass on, and serve the world Create a foundation of eternal peace for future generations.

Source: "Hengqu Quotations"

Extended information:

Among Song Taoists, Zhang Hengqu was the first to propose a grand and lofty ideal of life. , Zhang Zi established his ideal theory of life based on his theory of the universe and human nature. Zhang Zai's life ideals and grand ambitions as a thinker are summarized and comprehensively expressed in his "Four Sentences".

These four sentences by Zhang Zai were put forward based on the reality that the Northern Song Dynasty was just established and the country had been divided for a long time. The society at that time urgently needed to reconstruct the social order. These four sentences put forward by Zhang Zai are actually insights into the reality at that time from the four levels of people's spiritual values, meaning of life, inheritance of academic traditions, and political ideals.

Zhang Zai’s four sentences embody the spirit of self-improvement and patriotism of China’s outstanding intellectuals, their ambition and self-confidence in inheriting and carrying forward the excellent cultural traditions of the Chinese nation, and their realization of human ideals. The sense of historical mission they dare to shoulder reflects their social responsibility and lofty spiritual realm.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Four Sentences on Hengqu