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Key Takeaway: Junzi (君子), often rendered "exemplary person" and sometimes "noble person," names a Confucian ideal of moral character cultivated through conduct and learning.
Junzi (君子), often rendered "exemplary person" and sometimes "noble person," names a Confucian ideal of moral character cultivated through conduct and learning. See the What Is Junzi guide for the bounded evidence map. • Is this not a pleasure? • The noble person is broad and at ease • Blame others less, and resentment fades
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As Confucius taught in the Analects and as the Confucian tradition of virtue and self-cultivation holds, Junzi (君子), often rendered "exemplary person" and sometimes "noble person," names a Confucian ideal of moral character cultivated through conduct and learning.
— Oriens
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What Is Junzi
The canonical guide explains Junzi's translation range, bounded Analects evidence, and distinctions from Ren, Li, Yi, and Xiaoren.
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how to understand Junzi
Junzi (君子), often rendered "exemplary person" and sometimes "noble person," names a Confucian ideal of moral character cultivated through conduct and learning..