先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐

先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐
xiāntiānxiàzhīyōuéryōu,hòutiānxiàzhīér

to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1])

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MEANING

MEANING

  1. adjective

    to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4 yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1])

    • He worries about the world's worries before they arrive and rejoices in the world's joys after they come—this is his motto.

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A person standing on the ground stepping forward represents going first or before.

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