文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
A ruler's achievements in both civil government and war. Used in history writing to sum up the record of an emperor or a dynasty.
Thành tựu về việc cai trị, giáo hoá lẫn chiến công quân sự của người cầm quyền. Dùng trong sách sử để tổng kết sự nghiệp của một vị vua hay một triều đại.
Register: formal
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 武 = võ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “văn trị võ công” (van-tri-vo-cong). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “文治武功” mean?
A ruler's achievements in both civil government and war. Used in history writing to sum up the record of an emperor or a dynasty. Literally: civil rule, martial exploits
Is “文治武功” formal or informal?
文治武功 is generally formal.