身みを修おさめる

expression, ichidan verb

order one's life; cultivate oneself; lead a disciplined life

A somewhat formal, literary expression for self-cultivation and moral discipline, often associated with Confucian or traditional ideals of personal conduct.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころから身みを修おさめることを心こころがけてきた。

  He has been mindful of cultivating himself since he was young.

• 古こ典てんには、身みを修おさめてから家いえを治おさめるという教おしえがある。

  In the classics, there is a teaching that one should first order one's own life before governing the household.