What does it mean to cultivate one's morality and govern the country?

1, self-cultivation: refers to self-improvement and behavioral norms.

2, Qijia: it is to manage a family well, become a model of the clan, and set an example for learning.

3. Governing the country: it is to govern a small vassal state, not our modern country. You know, the ancient vassal States were responsible for the Zhou royal family, which is what we usually call "the state."

4. pacify the world: it is to appease the people all over the world and let them live and work in peace and contentment, rather than pacify the world by force.

5. This sentence comes from Book of Rites University.

6. The original text reads as follows:

If the ancient desire is obviously superior to the world, rule the country first; If you want to govern your country, you should first get your family together; If you want to reunite with your family, you should first repair your body; If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be upright first; If you want to be correct, be sincere first; To be sincere, you must know first, and you must know the style. Everyone knows everything, everyone knows it and is sincere, sincere and upright, upright and upright, well-trained and well-groomed, well-groomed and well-governed, well-groomed and well-governed.

Extended data:

1. The ultimate goal of Confucianism is to realize the social ideal of equality in the world.

2. But this "average" or "average" is not the "average" of egalitarianism that people understand now, nor is it the absolute unity of quantity, but a concept with rich connotations, which expresses the meaning of rationality, balance, justice, fairness, order and harmony. In the basic sense, it is more of an equality and fairness based on hierarchical order.

References:

Self-cultivation and rule the country-Baidu Encyclopedia