文治

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (文治)		文	治

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄓˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-chih⁴
  - Yale: wén-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenjyh
  - Palladius: вэньчжи (vɛnʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

文治

(literary) governance by means of culture, education, rites and music

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (文治):

→ Japanese: 文(ぶん)治(ち) (bunchi); 文(ぶん)治(じ) (bunji)
→ Korean: 문치(文治) (munchi)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
文	治
ぶん Grade: 1	ち Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)治(ち) • (bunchi)

civil administration
Antonym: 武断 (budan)

Derived terms

文治主義(ぶんちしゅぎ) (bunchishugi)
文治政治(ぶんちせいじ) (bunchiseiji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
文	治
ぶん Grade: 1	じ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)治(じ) • (bunji)

civil administration

Proper noun

文(ぶん)治(じ) • (Bunji)

The Bunji era, 1185-1190

See also

元暦(げんりゃく) (Genryaku) (era preceding Bunji)
建久(けんきゅう) (Kenkyū) (era following Bunji)