知ち行こう

noun

knowledge and action; knowing and doing

Philosophical term, often used in Confucian or Neo-Confucian contexts to discuss the unity or relationship between knowledge and conduct.

• 知ち行こう合ごう一いつは陽よう明めい学がくの重じゅう要ような概がい念ねんです。

  The unity of knowledge and action is an important concept in Yangmingism.

noun

ruling a fief; territory given by one's liege

Historical term from feudal Japan; refers to the governance of land granted by a lord, or the land itself. The reading ちぎょう is more common for this sense.

See also: 知行 (ちぎょう)

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、知ち行こうは武ぶ士しの収しゅう入にゅう源げんでした。

  In the Warring States period, fiefs were a source of income for samurai.