国家治理源于对国家统治和国家管理的扬弃,是指掌握国家权力的统治阶级运用国家政权管理社会事务、维护社会秩序、实现阶级利益的活动,其实质是统治阶级运用公共权力调控社会群体冲突,实现其经济利益和社会利益的活动。以德治国作为国家治理的重要组成部分,是指社会治理主体运用各种手段和方式,克服社会发展过程中出现的道德问题,构建良性伦理秩序。以德治国在国家治理中扮演着不可或缺的重要角色,有必要从以德治国的实现方式、国家治理题中之义和国家治理中的以德治国向度三个方面加以探讨。 State governance stems from the sublation of state dominance and state administration, which refers to the activities of the ruling class which grasps the state power to use state power to manage social affairs, maintain social order and realize the interests of the class. The essence is that the ruling class uses the public power to regulate the conflicts of social groups , To achieve its economic and social interests of the activities. The important part of governing the country with the rule of virtue means that the main body of social administration uses various means and means to overcome the moral problems appearing in the process of social development and construct a benign ethical order. To govern the country by virtue plays an indispensable and important role in the governance of the country, and it is necessary to discuss it from three aspects: the way of governing the country with the rule of ethics, the justification in the state governance and the rule of virtue in the state governance.