Shùn zhī zhě chāng; nì zhī zhě wáng.*

順之者昌, 逆之者亡。

Lit Those who obey it [will] prosper, [while] those who oppose it [will] perish.

Note [Said, e.g., of the rule of a tyrant; also said shùn wǒ zhě cháng; nì wǒ zhě wáng and shùn zhī zhě cún; nì zhī zhě wáng, “those who obey will survive, etc.”; see also the preceding entry.]

Topics OBEDIENCE SURVIVAL TYRANTS