Manage yourself,
then manage your family,
then govern your country,
and then make this world peaceful.
수신제가 치국 평천하\Pingtianxia (平天下) means to pacify the world, or to bring peace to the whole world. Therefore, cultivating oneself (修身齊家治國平天下) means that one must first cultivate oneself (修身) before regulating oneself (齊家), after regulating oneself (齊家), one can govern one’s country (治國), and after governing one’s country, one can bring peace to the world (平天下). In other words, all things in the world have an order, and by following these steps, one can realize the principle, be right, and follow the natural course of things. This is the interpretation that we commonly know. Truth must be interpreted in terms of reality.