Eight-character words describing patriotism

The phrase "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" was first proposed in Gu Yanwu's "Rizhilu·Zhengshi", and the background was the Qing army's entry into the pass. The original sentence is: "To protect the country, the emperor and his ministers will seek to eat meat; to protect the world, how can a common man be responsible for it?" [1]

Using the eight-character language pattern, From Liang Qichao.

It means that the rise and fall of national affairs and protecting the country from being overthrown are the responsibilities of emperors, generals, civil and military ministers, and have nothing to do with ordinary people; and the rise and fall of major events in the world, every common person has a duty to do so. responsibility.

Original source, from "Zuo Zhuan" and "Lienv Zhuan".