君子 jūnzi
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noun
a ruler; a sovereign
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 是故君子有大道，必忠信以得之 'Thus we see that the sovereign [junzi] has a great course to pursue. He must show entire self-devotion and sincerity to attain it.' (Book of Rites, Great Learning 禮記‧大學, trans. by Legge 1885; Guoyu '君子' 1) -
noun
junzi; a nobleman; a person of noble character; a person of virtue
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Junzi is often used in the sense of an ideal individual in Confucian literature (Yao 2000, p. 25) An essential characteristic of a junzi is benevolence 仁 (Yao 2000, p. 214). For example, 君子去仁，惡乎成名？ 'If a superior man [junzi] abandons virtue, how can he fulfill the requirements of that name?' (Lunyu 4:5, trans. by Legge 1861; Guoyu '君子' 2)
Contained in
- 君子一言，快马加鞭(君子一言，快馬加鞭) a gentleman's word is as good as gold
- 花似美人常在眼 竹如君子自虚心(花似美人常在眼 竹如君子自虛心) Flowers, beauty before your eyes; Bamboo, humbleness in your heart.
- 君子慎始 The Accomplished Man Is Cautious from the Beginning
Also contained in
淑人君子 、 君子兰 、 仁人君子 、 君子不重则不威 、 彬彬君子 、 戊戌六君子 、 君子之交 、 君子一言，驷马难追 、 瘾君子 、 以小人之心，度君子之腹 、 正人君子 、 君子不器 、 君子不念旧恶 、 岂弟君子 、 君子远庖厨 、 君子报仇，十年不晚 、 君子动口不动手 、 梁上君子 、 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚 、 隐君子 、 伪君子 、 君子之交淡如水 、 有仇不报非君子 、 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 7 Bhadrakalpikasūtra (Xian Jie Jing) 賢劫經 — count: 50
- Scroll 7 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 41
- Scroll 6 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 39
- Scroll 16 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 23
- Scroll 11 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 19
- Scroll 5 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 17
- Scroll 1 Mātangīsūtra (She Tou Jian Taizi Ershi Ba Su Jing) 舍頭諫太子二十八宿經 — count: 17
- Scroll 1 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 16
- Scroll 9 Beishan Record 北山錄 — count: 16
- Scroll 3 Beishan Record 北山錄 — count: 15
Collocations
- 君子种 (君子種) 君子種 — Sutra on the Eight Good Qualities of the Sea (Hai Ba De Jing) 海八德經, Scroll 1 — count: 53
- 识君子 (識君子) 冀明識君子 — Śatakaśāstra (Hundred Treatise) 百論, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 君子梵志 (君子梵志) 君子梵志長者二萬婦生 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
- 言行君子 (言行君子) 言行君子之樞機 — Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏, Scroll 59 — count: 4
- 王君子 (王君子) 天下諸王君子眾 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 君子工师 (君子工師) 梵志君子工師細民 — Mātangīsūtra (She Tou Jian Taizi Ershi Ba Su Jing) 舍頭諫太子二十八宿經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
- 梵志君子 (梵志君子) 梵志君子大眾聚會眷屬圍遶 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
- 曰君子 (曰君子) 二曰君子 — Mātangīsūtra (She Tou Jian Taizi Ershi Ba Su Jing) 舍頭諫太子二十八宿經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 导君子 (導君子) 何以導君子 — Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra 般若波羅蜜多心經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 玄君子 (玄君子) 庶悟玄君子 — The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋, Scroll 1 — count: 2