徳とく治ち主しゅ義ぎ

noun

principle of virtuous government; rule by virtue

A political philosophy term, often associated with Confucian thought, advocating that a ruler should govern through moral example rather than law or force.

• 徳とく治ち主しゅ義ぎは、為い政せい者しゃの徳とくによって国くにを治おさめる考かんがえ方かたです。

  The principle of virtuous government is the idea of ruling a country through the ruler's moral virtue.

• 儒じゅ教きょうでは徳とく治ち主しゅ義ぎが理り想そうの政せい治じとされる。

  In Confucianism, rule by virtue is considered the ideal form of governance.