Water can carry or capsize a boat

Water can carry or capsize a boat

Water can carry a boat or overturn it. It comes from Xunzi · Wang Zhi, which means that water can carry a boat, and it can also destroy a boat. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, often admonishes people with this saying, which has become Li Shimin's "famous saying" for a long time.

pronunciation

shuǐkězàizhōu，yìkěfùzhōu。

interpretation

Original meaning: on the water, the water can carry the boat, also can let the boat collapse. To the world, the people are like a sea of water, and the emperor is like a boat on the sea. Metaphor in peacetime, a thing often has two sides.

source

"Xunzi · king system": it is said: "the king is the boat; the common people are the water. Water carries the boat, and water overturns it. " This is also known as.

Examples

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it." Wei Zheng once said that Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, often used this saying to warn people, which has become Li Shimin's "famous saying" for a long time.