斉せい家か

noun

governing one's family; managing the household

Rare, classical term from Confucian thought, referring to the proper ordering and governance of one's family as a moral duty. Not used in everyday modern Japanese.

• 「斉せい家か治ち国こく平へい天てん下か」という言こと葉ばは、儒じゅ教きょうの教おしえに由ゆ来らいする。

  The phrase 'govern the family, rule the state, bring peace to the world' originates from Confucian teachings.