To be the junzi

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+## Emboldening virtue, the Junzi
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+- _To be the righteous person (君子 jūn zǐ)_
+- _To spite and rise above the petty (小人 xiăorén)_
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+What makes a good gentleman-scholar in Confucius eyes?
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+- _Be coherent: "How did we get here?", "How do these things connect?"_
+- _Tolerate ambiguity_
+- _Overcome deception and trickery with the truth_
+- _Explore new possibilities_
+- _Proliferate and uphold a system of trust absent of a hard reason otherwise_
+- _Treat matters in proportion to the issue_