"Cultivate the self, then manage the family, then rule the nation, and pacify all under Heaven." This was always the expectation that Chinese traditional literati rulers had of themselves. Over 2,000 years, a small group of people from Chinese society took responsibility for transmitting the culture and ordering the state and society.
「修身、齊家、治國、平天下」一直是中國傳統中士大夫的自我期許，這兩千年來中國社會裡的一小群人，承負著傳承文化、治理國家社會的重任。