feel responsible for the welfare of the people

feel responsible for the welfare of the people

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ǐ J ī J ǐ n ì, used to describe the rulers concerned about the suffering of the people. It also refers to deep sympathy for other people's suffering and taking relieving other people's suffering as one's own responsibility. It's from Mencius, under the leaves.

Analysis of Idioms

Drowning oneself and starving oneself

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · lilouxia: "if yu thinks that there are drowning people in the world, he will drown himself; if Ji thinks that there are starving people in the world, he will starve himself; so he is anxious."

Idiom usage

It is natural for us to be free from hunger and drowning, and to save ourselves from burning and drowning. Burning books in answer to Zhou Liutang by Li Zhi of Ming Dynasty