Also, from the Doctrine of the Mean 13 (Muller translation): " Example: the son who does not testify against his father who has stolen a Hsiao -familial love, filial piety, kindness, respect, and loyalty amongįamily members. Self-cultivation and emulation are closely related. "Confucius and Confucianism" by Hall and Ames at See also the brief article on "Confucius andĬonfucianism" from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy at Another is to model oneself after key figures of the past including Of the ways one cultivates oneself is to emulate the model of the chün-tzu See also the brief article on "Confucius andĬonfucianism" from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Hall andĮmulation - Modeling oneself after moral exemplars. The Confucian "Self"- click on the lecture. That both are the models for the tradition, both indicate a very high stage of humanĭevelopment as technical terms, yet both may be used colloquially to refer to a Want to compare the term "Superior Man" to the Buddhist bodhisattva, in Thus, the categorization is not so rigid. Passages where Confucius labels a contemporary, or one of his disciples a "Superior Requirements for chün-tzu status seem quite out of our reach, there are many Tangible model for all in the here and now. The character of the Superior Man, in contrast to the sage, is being taught as a Sage ( sheng-jen), who is, in the Analects more of a "divineīeing," usually a model from great antiquity. Is clearly a highly advanced human being, he is still distinguished from the category of Treatment of parents, respect for elders, honesty with friends, etc. Progress in the Way (Tao) of self-cultivation, by practicing Righteousness, by loving Strictly in its original sense, it also refers to a person who has made significant The Analects, Confucius imbues the term with a special meaning. Which originally means "Son of a Prince"-thus, someone from the nobility. Superior Man is a common English translation for the Chinese term chün-tzu Model that the students are to emulate along with the sages and good kings of
Judgement one of the four virtues in Mencius' seed or sprout theoryĬhün-tzu - superior man, gentleman, noble, scholar - the superior man is a Chih ( zhih) - wisdom, moral understanding or
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