Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country (ti ā n xi à x and ng wá ng, p ǐ f ǐ y u zé): every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country.
Man: in ancient times, it refers to men among civilians and ordinary people.
Responsibility: responsibility.
From: Records of Japanese knowledge. The beginning of Gu's writing in Qing Dynasty: Knowing the past protects the world, and knowing the past protects its country later. Protect the country, its monarch and minister seek it; People who protect the world are mean to everyone, and they have no responsibility.
So we must first know how to protect the world, and then we can know how to protect the country. Protecting the country should be considered by rulers in the position of monarch and vassal; Protecting the world, even ordinary people with low status have a responsibility.