应：顺，顺应。上顺天命，下适应民意。旧常用作颂扬建立新的朝代。亦作“应天从民”、“应天从物”。
Act according to God's will and the desire of the people
应(yīng yìng)
天(tiān)
从(cóng zòng)
人(rén)
