- 先天下之憂而憂,后天下之樂而樂
- xian1 tian1 xia4 zhi1 you1 er2 you1 , hou4 tian1 xia4 zhi1 le4 er2 le4The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記, 岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹, 范仲淹
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.