仁者见仁

仁者見仁
rénzhějiànrén
idiom #67,700

Meanings

  1. 1 different people have different views
  2. 2 the benevolent see benevolence (short form of 仁者见仁,智者见智)

Examples

Zhè jiàn shì rén zhě jiàn rén, zhì zhě jiàn zhì.
On this matter, different people will see different things.
Duì zhè bù diànyǐng de píngjià rén zhě jiàn rén.
Opinions on this film vary from person to person.
Zhège wèntí rén zhě jiàn rén, méiyǒu biāozhǔn dá'àn.
This is a question where opinions differ — there's no standard answer.

Tips

history
Short form of 仁者见仁智者, derived from the 《易经·》: 'The benevolent see it and call it benevolence; the wise see it and call it wisdom.' Often used on its own to acknowledge that reasonable people disagree.
usage
Usually paired with 智者 (zhì zhě jiàn zhì) as the full expression, but widely used alone in modern writing.

Stroke Order

rén
zhě
jiàn