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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 仁 ''(rén / jin)''
''Rén'', or ''jin'' in Japanese, is one of the fundamental virtues in [[Confucianism]]. Often translated as "humanity" or "benevolence," it is seen as the foundation for the other four of the Five Constant Virtues: justice/righteousness (義, C: ''yì'', J: ''gi''), [[li (rites)|rites/etiquette]] (礼, C: ''lǐ'', J: ''rei''), wisdom, and [[filial piety]] (孝, C: ''xiào'', J: ''kô'').
[[Confucius]] speaks extensively about ''rén'' in the [[Analects]], and [[Zhu Xi]] expands upon this, describing "humanity" or "humaneness" as a principle of love, towards animals and the world, but especially towards one's fellow man, and humanity in general. He explains that a "fundamental quality of creating, nurturing, and caring for things" is a part of the essential nature of what it means to be human (in accordance with the cosmic principle, ''[[li (principle)|lǐ]]'').
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==References==
*Watanabe Hiroshi, ''A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901'', International House of Japan (2012), 111.
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''Rén'', or ''jin'' in Japanese, is one of the fundamental virtues in [[Confucianism]]. Often translated as "humanity" or "benevolence," it is seen as the foundation for the other four of the Five Constant Virtues: justice/righteousness (義, C: ''yì'', J: ''gi''), [[li (rites)|rites/etiquette]] (礼, C: ''lǐ'', J: ''rei''), wisdom, and [[filial piety]] (孝, C: ''xiào'', J: ''kô'').
[[Confucius]] speaks extensively about ''rén'' in the [[Analects]], and [[Zhu Xi]] expands upon this, describing "humanity" or "humaneness" as a principle of love, towards animals and the world, but especially towards one's fellow man, and humanity in general. He explains that a "fundamental quality of creating, nurturing, and caring for things" is a part of the essential nature of what it means to be human (in accordance with the cosmic principle, ''[[li (principle)|lǐ]]'').
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==References==
*Watanabe Hiroshi, ''A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901'', International House of Japan (2012), 111.
[[Category:Terminology]]