xiāntiānxiàzhīyōu'éryōu, hòutiānxiàzhīlè'érlè
selfless devotion
先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐 (先天下之憂而憂,後天下之樂而樂) xiāntiānxiàzhīyōu'éryōu, hòutiānxiàzhīlè'érlè
- selfless devotion
- to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay "On Yueyang Tower" by Song writer Fan Zhongyan)
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