徳とく治ち

noun

virtuous government; rule by moral example

A Confucian-influenced term for governance based on the ruler's personal virtue and moral leadership rather than law or force. Often used in historical or philosophical contexts.

• 徳とく治ちは儒じゅ教きょうの理り想そう的てきな政せい治じ形けい態たいの一ひとつとされる。

  Virtuous government is considered one of the ideal forms of governance in Confucianism.

• この書しょ物もつは古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの徳とく治ち思し想そうについて論ろんじている。

  This book discusses the ancient Chinese concept of rule by virtue.