Dàolù bùpíng, pángrén xǐ.

Lit [If the] road is uneven, people's [constant] walking [will make it even].

Fig If there's injustice, people will speak out.

Note [Cf. Xǐngshì Yīnyuán Zhuàn, chap. 23; see also lù bùpíng, yǒu rén cǎi below, and the suyu expression: lù jiàn bùpíng, bá dào xiāng zhù, “[a swordsman] seeing an injustice on the highway draws his sword to assist”; note that bùpíng means both “uneven” and “unjust.”]

Topics INJUSTICE SUPPORT suyu Xǐngshì_Yīnyuán_Zhuàn