“Why Use an Ox-Cleaver to Carve a Chicken?” The Sociology of the Junzi Ideal in the Lunyu

Brindley, Erica Fox

doi:10.1353/pew.0.0033

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“…Topic 34 sees the virtue of duty or right action (yì 義, word weight = 0.031) traveling together with terms connoting high social status like lord or nobleman (jū n 君, word weight = 0.037) and rituals (lǐ 禮, word weight = 0.022). This informs our understanding of what Brindley (2009) has called the "sociology of the junzi." Specifically, considerations about how the distribution of Topics 63 and 34 differs between the three books can add considerable subtlety to this scholarly debate.…”

Section: Intersecting Topics In Analects Mencius and Xunzimentioning

confidence: 80%

“…Others concur (Hsu 1977, 162;Wills 2012, 25). However, Brindley (2009), echoing Hall and Ames (1987, 188), argues with some force that achievement of the status of gentleman or nobleman ( jū nzi 君子) is restricted to highstatus males, or males who are entitled to perform certain rites.…”

Section: Intersecting Topics In Analects Mencius and Xunzimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An affirmative answer is suggested by an analysis of Topic 63 and the word weights of its keywords. Second, consider that Brindley (2009) states in the title of her paper that her thesis is restricted to Analects. When that restriction is accompanied by claims about "Confucian" morality, it can sow confusion.…”

Section: Intersecting Topics In Analects Mencius and Xunzimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modeling the Contested Relationship betweenAnalects, Mencius, andXunzi: Preliminary Evidence from a Machine-Learning Approach

Nichols¹,

Slingerland²,

Nielbo³

et al. 2018

J of Asian Stud

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This article presents preliminary findings from a multi-year, multi-disciplinary text analysis project using an ancient and medieval Chinese corpus of over five million characters in works that date from the earliest received texts to the Song dynasty. It describes “distant reading” methods in the humanities and the authors’ corpus; introduces topic-modeling procedures; answers questions about the authors’ data; discusses complementary relationships between machine learning and human expertise; explains topics represented in Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi that set each of those texts apart from the other two; and explains topics that intersect all three texts. The authors’ results confirm many scholarly opinions derived from close-reading methods, suggest a reappraisal of Xunzi’s shared semantic content with Analects, and yield several actionable research questions for traditional scholarship. The aim of this article is to initiate a new conversation about implications of machine learning for the study of Asian texts.

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Section: Intersecting Topics In Analects Mencius and Xunzimentioning

confidence: 80%

Section: Intersecting Topics In Analects Mencius and Xunzimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Intersecting Topics In Analects Mencius and Xunzimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Modeling the Contested Relationship betweenAnalects, Mencius, andXunzi: Preliminary Evidence from a Machine-Learning Approach

Nichols¹,

Slingerland²,

Nielbo³

et al. 2018

J of Asian Stud

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“…One of the key concepts of Confucianism is Junzi 18 which is not only an abstract historical and religious phenomenon but a construct that is used in contemporary scientific and everyday discourse. Junzi was translated into English as “gentleman”, but its actual meaning is much richer 19 .…”

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Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory

Wang,

Orosz,

Chen

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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This study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory (Ch-MCOI) in adults from Mainland China. A total of 1121 participants (50.6% male; M = 28.86, SD = 8.70) were recruited for this study. All participants completed the Chinese versions of the MCOI, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS), the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS), the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS-f), and the Competition Attitude Scale (Ch-CAS). A subsample of 239 participants (50.6% male; M = 32.04, SD = 8.13) completed the Ch-MCOI again after a two-week interval to assess test–retest reliability. Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) yielded a four-factor structure (hyper-competitive orientation, self-developmental competitive orientation, anxiety-driven competition avoidance, and lack of interest toward competition), which was further validated by confirmatory factor analyses with a satisfactory fit. Furthermore, test–retest reliability, internal consistency, and convergent and concurrent validity were also acceptable. Our findings suggest that the Ch-MCOI could be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the adaptive and maladaptive facets of competitive orientations in the Chinese-speaking population.

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“…One of the key concepts of Confucianism is Junzi 21 which is not only an abstract historical and religious phenomenon but a construct that is used in contemporary scienti c and everyday discourse. Junzi was translated into English as "gentleman", but its actual meaning is much richer 22 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory

Wang

Orosz

Chen

et al. 2023

Preprint

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This study examined the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory (Ch-MCOI) in adults from Mainland China. A total of 1121 participants (50.6% male; M = 28.86, SD = 8.70) were recruited for this study. All participants completed the Chinese versions of the MCOI, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS), the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS), and the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS-f). A subsample of 239 participants (50.6% male; M = 32.04, SD = 8.13) completed the Ch-MCOI again after a two-week interval to assess test–retest reliability. Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) yielded a four-factor structure (hyper-competitive orientation, self-developmental competitive orientation, anxiety-driven competition avoidance, and lack of interest toward competition), which was further validated by confirmatory factor analyses with a satisfactory fit. Furthermore, test–retest reliability, internal consistency, and concurrent validity were also acceptable. Our findings suggest that the Ch-MCOI could be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing the adaptive and maladaptive facets of competitive orientations in the Chinese-speaking population.

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“Why Use an Ox-Cleaver to Carve a Chicken?” The Sociology of the Junzi Ideal in the Lunyu

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

Modeling the Contested Relationship betweenAnalects, Mencius, andXunzi: Preliminary Evidence from a Machine-Learning Approach

Modeling the Contested Relationship betweenAnalects, Mencius, andXunzi: Preliminary Evidence from a Machine-Learning Approach

Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory

Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Competitive Orientation Inventory

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