Goodness (仁/rén), also translated as “humanity”, “virtue”, “benevolence”, “kind-heartedness”, and “humaneness”, is the supreme Confucian virtue. Numerous references to it can be found in the Analects.
Here are all the passages in the text in which goodness is discussed, plus links to related articles.
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