允いん文ぶん允いん武ぶ

noun

versed in both literary and military arts

Archaic yojijukugo describing an ideal ruler or scholar-warrior accomplished in both cultural and martial pursuits. Rare in modern Japanese; encountered mainly in classical texts or historical references.

• 「允いん文ぶん允いん武ぶ」は、昔むかしの中ちゅう国ごくで理り想そうとされた君くん主しゅの姿すがたを表あらわす四よ字じ熟じゅく語ごだ。

  允文允武 is a four-character idiom that describes the ideal image of a ruler in ancient China.