國人

國人

1. compatriot; fellow countryman

   國人原創漫畫／国人原创漫画  ―  guórén yuánchuàng mànhuà  ―  domestic original manhua

   • 夫也不良、國人知之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫也不良、国人知之。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Fū yě bùliáng, guórén zhī zhī. [Pinyin]

     That man is not good, and the people of the State know it.

   • 國人皆曰不可，然後察之；見不可焉，然後去之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     国人皆曰不可，然后察之；见不可焉，然后去之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Guórén jiē yuē bùkě, rán hòu chá zhī; jiàn bùkě yān, rán hòu qù zhī. [Pinyin]

     But if all the people of the state say he is unworthy, investigate, and if you find that he is indeed unworthy, only then dismiss him

2. (historical) passer-by

   • 假之有弟兄資財而分者，且順情性，好利而欲得，若是，則兄弟相拂奪矣；且化禮義之文理，若是，則讓乎國人矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     假之有弟兄资财而分者，且顺情性，好利而欲得，若是，则兄弟相拂夺矣；且化礼义之文理，若是，则让乎国人矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Jiǎ zhī yǒu dìxiōng zīcái ér fēn zhě, qiě shùn qíngxìng, hǎolì ér yùdé, ruòshì, zé xiōngdì xiàng fú duó yǐ; qiě huà lǐyì zhī wénlǐ, ruòshì, zé ràng hū guórén yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Suppose there were brothers with financial resources to divide: let them they follow their sentiments and natures –that is, fondness for benefit and desire for gain; if so, they would despoil and deprive each other; yet let them be changed by the forms and reasons of propriety and rectitude; if so, they would give away (their financial resources) to passers-by.

• (compatriot): 同文 (tóngwén) (literary, figurative)