text: Today, we place personal happiness at the centre of our being, but he would shift the focus to the well-being of the wider society.

(5min read) Confucius on the art of showing up tinyurl.com/jp23n894

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Confucius on the art of showing up | Part 1 What ren, xiao, and li teach us about a good life with others

Read why #Confucius says de-center the individual, focus on the community.

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“Someone who can be entrusted as much with the care of one orphan as with the governance of a nation, whose humaneness will not waver in the face of serious crisis, is this not a Good Person? This is the Good Person.”

Analects 8.6

#Junzi

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Yuan, R., & Lee, I. (2025). Dispelling the “superhero” myth: TESOL teacher educators’ journey toward “junzi (君子)” in a time of flux and transformation. TESOL Quarterly. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1002/tesq...

The Confucian Scholar: Rethinking Leadership, Education, and Public Service 🇫🇷 Le français suit..

Et si diriger, c’était d’abord cultiver la vertu et servir le bien commun ? Le lettré confucéen inspire une autre idée de la politique et du savoir.
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#Confucianisme #Éthique #Leadership #ServicePublic #Junzi 🇨🇳

The Confucian Scholar: Rethinking Leadership, Education, and Public Service 🇫🇷 Le français suit..

What if leadership meant wisdom, virtue, and public service? The Confucian scholar offers a timeless model for ethical governance and education.
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#Confucianism #EthicalLeadership #Education #PublicService #Junzi 🇨🇳

🇨🇳 Whispers are true in my experience😍

A student heard I am missing #milk with my tea 🫖

She brought me “delicious milk” last night for my morning cuppa at #sunrise

#REN & #JUNZI are the biggest lessons I have learnt here.
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How should we translate Confucius's term * #junzi* #君子?

In general the best of the options, alas, is to resort to the #Chinese word.

Occasionally one's audience may make "the noble minded" or "the gentleman" a better choice. But not often.

@bokane.org's analysis here is insightful: