Success is king, defeat is prisoner

Success is king, defeat is prisoner

Success is the king and defeat is the prisoner. It used to mean that in the struggle for political power, those who succeed are legal and can be called emperor or king.

explain

It used to mean that in the struggle for political power, those who succeed are legal, and those who fail are illegal, and they are called prisoners. It means that the winners are powerful, no one dares to blame, but the losers are eloquent.

allusion

The fifth fold of the orphan of the Zhao family written by Ji Junxiang in Yuan Dynasty: "if I succeed, I will be king; if I fail, I will be a prisoner. This is the end of the matter. I just want to die early."