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修しゅう身しん斉せい家か治ち国こく平へい天てん下か
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. those who wish to rule the land must first cultivate their own characters, then manage their families, then govern their states; only then can they bring peace to the land
from the Book of Rites
Kanji used
修
discipline (of study)
身
one's body
斉
simultaneously
家
house
治
rein in
国
country
平
flat
天
heaven
下
below
Used in: 2
Composed of
morals; ethics; moral training
governing one's family
government
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way