| 君子 |
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jūnzǐ ㄐㄩㄣㄗˇ (2): 有道德的人。 A moral man.
| 《·》: | 是故君子自難而易彼，眾人自易而難彼，君子進不敗其志，內究其情，雖雜庸民，終無怨心，彼有自信者也。 | | Therefore the superior man is strict with one's self but lenient with others (in matters of conduct) while the multitude are lenient with themselves but strict with others. The superior man carries out his ambitions successfully in action and studies the situation when he is at leisure. Even when he is taken as a mediocre individual he feels no dissatisfaction. This is because he has self-confidence. | | 《·》: | 人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？ | | Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him? | | 《·》: | 君子之於禽獸也，見其生，不忍見其死。 | | So is the superior man affected towards animals, that, having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die. | | 《·》: | 利害不通，非君子也。 | | He to whom profit and injury are not the same is not a superior man. | | 《·》: | 是以君子恭敬撙節退讓以明禮。 | | Therefore the superior man is respectful and reverent, assiduous in his duties and not going beyond them, retiring and yielding - thus illustrating (the principle of) propriety. | | 《》: | 君子居則貴左，用兵則貴右。 | | The superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honourable place, but in time of war the right hand. | | 《·》: | 不在於善，而皆在於凶德，雖得之，君子不貴也。 | | He has nothing to do with what is good, but entirely and only with what is injurious to virtue. Though he may get (his will, and be above others), the superior man does not give him his approval. | | 《·》: | 蠢茲有苗，昏迷不恭，侮慢自賢，反道敗德，君子在野，小人在位，民棄不保，天降之咎，肆予以爾眾士，奉辭伐罪。 | | Stupid is this lord of Miao, ignorant, erring, and disrespectful. Despiteful and insolent to others, he thinks that all ability and virtue are with himself. A rebel to the right, he destroys (all the obligations of) virtue. Superior men are kept by him in obscurity, and mean men fill (all) the offices. The people reject him and will not protect him. Heaven is sending down calamities upon him. I therefore, along with you, my multitude of gallant men, bear the instructions (of the Di) to punish his crimes. | | 《·》: | 九三：君子終日乾乾，夕惕若，厲，无咎。 | | In the third NINE, undivided, (we see its subject as) the superior man active and vigilant all the day, and in the evening still careful and apprehensive. (The position is) dangerous, but there will be no mistake. | | 《·》: | 則愚者難說也，故君子不少也。 | | 《·》: | 故南方有不死之草，北方有不釋之冰，東方有君子之國，西方有形殘之尸。 | | 《·》: | 繆公曰：「君子不以畜產害人。」 | | 《·》: | 君子曰：學不可以已。 | | 《》: | 君子曰：「潁考叔純孝也，愛其母，施及莊公。」 | | 《·》: | 《》曰：『夫君子居其室，出其言善，則千里之外應之，況其邇者乎？』 | | 《·》: | 舛駁疏舛，自知不免，惟通識君子，恕其愚蒙，匡其闕誤，則幸甚。 |
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