Ji Shi

This chapter discusses Confucius' views on the self-cultivation of a noble person (junzi) and governing a state through ritual propriety and laws.

Table of contents

Governance Through Equity, Harmony, and Stability: A Confucian Vision for Leadership
The Mandate of Ritual and Order: Confucius on Legitimate Authority and Social Stability
The Decay of Ritual Order: A Warning on Institutional Breakdown
The Threefold Path of Beneficial and Harmful Companionship
The Three Beneficial Joys and Three Harmful Joys: Confucius on Cultivating Virtue through Delight
The Three Faults in Discourse: On Timely Speech and Social Harmony
The Three Lifelong Vigilances: Confucius on the Dangers of Desire, Strife, and Greed
The Three Reverences: On the Foundations of Noble Character in Confucian Thought
The Three Realms of Learning: Innate Wisdom, Active Study, and Reactive Inquiry
The Nine Reflections of the Exemplary Person: A Confucian Guide to Self-Cultivation
On Virtue as Self-Awakening: The Spectrum of Moral Cultivation
The Measure of Worth: Virtue Over Wealth in Historical Judgment
The Art of Cultivation: Poetry, Ritual, and Impartiality in Confucian Education
The Rectification of Names: Ritual Order in Social Address