cultivate oneself, regulate the family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world
A Confucian maxim from the Book of Rites (Da Xue) describing the sequential path from personal cultivation to world peace. Used as a proverb or classical reference.
"Cultivate oneself, regulate the family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world" expresses a fundamental political idea of Confucianism.
From the Confucian classic 'Da Xue' (The Great Learning), part of the Book of Rites. The phrase outlines the ideal progression of moral cultivation from the individual to the world.