junzi yi righteousness explained

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Key Takeaway: Yi is the internal compass that guides right action, distinguishing the noble person (junzi) from the petty person.

Yi is the internal compass that guides right action, distinguishing the noble person (junzi) from the petty person. Yi is the internal sense of moral rightness. • When rightness is at stake, even to your teacher • What terrifies others can become native ground

As Confucius taught in the Analects and as the Confucian tradition of virtue and self-cultivation holds, Yi is the internal compass that guides right action, distinguishing the noble person (junzi) from the petty person.

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