How to understand the "gentleman" in The Analects of Confucius?

The "gentleman" in The Analects of Confucius refers to a person with noble moral cultivation, and this concept covers the following aspects:

1. Pay attention to inner moral cultivation and regulate your behavior on this basis. For example, a gentleman should be filial to his parents and respect his elders, and it is not easy to make mistakes but it is not easy to make trouble.

2. Be strict with yourself everywhere and abide by certain codes of conduct. For example, a gentleman should abstain from prostitution, fighting and abstinence, and there should also be Jiu Si and Sanwei.

Put the pursuit of material life after the pursuit of spirit, there is nowhere to be found. For example, a gentleman should have a full meal, feel insecure, be sensitive to things, and be careful what he says, so as to be correct.

4. The moral cultivation of a gentleman should be integrated into every word and deed of life. Rich and expensive, poor and cheap are all human desires, but they should all be obtained by Tao. For example, if a gentleman goes to benevolence, he will be repugnant, and if a gentleman violates benevolence, he will never have a final meal. It is inevitable that he will do it again and again.

5. Be both literary and simple, and don't be paranoid at one end. For example, quality is better than literature, literature is better than history, gentle, and then a gentleman.

To sum up, the "gentleman" in the Analects of Confucius is a person with noble moral cultivation, who not only pays attention to inner cultivation, but also strictly demands himself everywhere and abides by certain codes of conduct. At the same time, the pursuit of a gentleman should first pay attention to the pursuit of spiritual level and integrate moral cultivation into all aspects of life.