里仁

Lǐrén
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Liren, Book 4 of the Analects

Examples

HSK 7-9
《 Lǐrén 》 shì 《 Lúnyǔ 》 de dìsì piān, " jiànxián-sīqí " zhège chéngyǔ jiù chūzì zhè yì piān.
Liren is the fourth book of the Analects, and the idiom 'seeing the worthy, strive to equal them' comes from it.

Tips

history
Books of the Analects are named after their opening words. Book 4 begins 子曰:里仁为美 'The Master said: it is best to live among the humane', so it is called 里仁. Most of its sayings are about 仁 (humaneness) and the gentleman, among them 朝闻道,夕死可矣 'if I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening'.

Stroke Order

里 lǐ
仁 rén