経けい世せい済さい民みん

noun

governing a nation and providing relief to people

A yojijukugo (four-character compound) expressing the ideal of ruling the country and saving the people from hardship. It is a classical Confucian concept and is rarely used in everyday conversation; it appears mainly in historical, political, or philosophical contexts.

• 経けい世せい済さい民みんの精せい神しんは、東ひがしアジアの伝でん統とう的てきな政せい治じ思し想そうの一ひとつだ。

  The spirit of governing the nation and relieving the people is one of the traditional political philosophies of East Asia.