Said by: Xunzi's Wang Zhi is a famous saying of Xunzi in the Warring States Period.

It means: water can carry a boat and also overturn it.

Original: the monarch, the boat is also; Shu Ren, water also; The knife cuts bread and fingers.

The monarch is like a boat, and the common people are like water. They can either hold up or hold up the boat.