Junzi 君子 as a Personal Model Presented in the Analects and Ethos bound with This Model Cover Image

Junzi 君子 jako wzór osobowy przedstawiony w Analektach i etos z tym wzorem związany
Junzi 君子 as a Personal Model Presented in the Analects and Ethos bound with This Model

Author(s): Katarzyna Pejda
Subject(s): Other Language Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Confucius;Analects;personal model;junzi;xiao ren;ethos;

Summary/Abstract: The following paper discusses concept of paradigmatic person junzi 君子 and ethos in Analects. Paradigmatic person junzi is an Confucian ideal man, responsible for maintaining dao in a family, social group and state by practicing a ren relations with other people hence helping them to build harmonious society. In the first part I shortly analyze what is ren and amiable virtues, in the second part I describe paradigmatic person’s most important features as well as junzi’s opposite xiao ren 小人 (small man) such as presented in Confucius’ Analects.

  • Issue Year: 63/2015
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 97-114
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish