Confucius believed that a gentleman should have the world in mind and sum it up in one word

The "gentleman" mentioned by Confucius refers to a person with a noble personality and good morals. "Junzi" is the idealized personality of Confucius, and the words and deeds of a gentleman take "etiquette" as his code of conduct, and take benevolence and righteousness as his own responsibility. A gentleman not only pursues benevolence and righteousness, but also needs knowledge and courage, and Confucius regarded benevolence, knowledge, and courage as the virtues of a gentleman.

For example, "the third gentleman and Taoist, I am incompetent: the benevolent are not worried, the knowing are not confused, and the brave are not afraid." ”

Confucius's discourse on the gentleman.

The goal pursued by a gentleman is benevolence and righteousness. The pursuit of benevolence and righteousness requires knowledge and courage. Confucius regarded benevolence, knowledge, and courage as the virtues of a gentleman. Confucius said: "The third gentleman and Taoist, I am incompetent: the benevolent are not worried, the knower is not confused, and the brave are not afraid." ”

Confucius said: "Those who know are happy with water, and those who are benevolent are happy with mountains; Those who know move, and those who are benevolent are quiet; Those who know are happy, and those who are benevolent are long. "A gentleman should first be a benevolent person, a gentleman needs to know and also need wisdom, but there is still a difference between a gentleman as a benevolent person and a wise man.

A gentleman takes doing benevolence and righteousness as his career, and he also needs to be brave. "Zilu said: 'The gentleman is still brave'?Zi said: 'The gentleman is righteous. A gentleman is brave but unrighteous and chaotic; The villain is brave but unrighteous as a thief. ’”

A gentleman must also be modest. Confucius emphasized the mean, and in Confucius's view, "the mean is virtue, and it is the utmost thing!" The people have been around for a long time.

"The Mean" says: "The gentleman is modest, and the villain is anti-mean." The gentleman is also the mean, and the gentleman is in the middle; The villain is mean, and the villain is unscrupulous. ”

Mainly because Confucius's consciousness is very high, and Confucius's thinking at that time is very in line with the present, and it is also very in line with most people, and Confucius is also a person full of wisdom, he will think about others first, and then think about himself.

Because his moral character is very noble, his behavior style is also very decent, and he is also very positive energy, and he also spreads good ideas. He is of good character.

Because he is a capable person, and he is very famous in life, he has a very good moral factor. The three views are particularly correct, and he is indeed a well-mannered person.

Because Confucius had a particularly high social status at that time, and he was a well-mannered person, he was very polite and qualified in his speech.

1. Confucius mentioned the gentleman many times in the Analects, and the gentleman he spoke of refers to a person who is learned, cultivated, and virtuous.

2. For the first time, Confucius added a moral factor to the meaning of gentleman and villain in his doctrine. But the patriarchal system has not changed. Confucius has a saying:

Only women and villains are difficult to raise, close is not inferior, far away is resentful. It is generally understood that only women and villains are difficult to treat, and if you are close to them, you will not respect you, and if you are distant, they will complain.

3. If it is placed in the patriarchal environment, it should be understood in this way: the women and villains here are people in the small sect, they belong to the same big family as the big sect, although they are divided into the big clan and the small sect, but they must be a family, so it is difficult to deal with the relationship with the people of the small sect, and if they are close, they will have to get the same treatment as the people of the big sect, and they will complain about not treating them as a family when they are alienated. It can be seen that the main point of this sentence is in the word "difficult".