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What is the content of Confucius' thought of gentleman's virtue?

Confucius said, "A gentleman is better than jade, gentle and kind."

The virtue of a gentleman is to compare and symbolize the virtue of a gentleman with the beauty of natural objects.

The virtue of a gentleman is an important content of Confucius' philosophy. Confucius further broke through the concept of natural aesthetics and put forward the landscape view of "those who know enjoy water and those who are benevolent enjoy Leshan", which embodies the Confucian moral sentiment and actually leads people to reflect on the significance of social characters such as "benevolence" and "wisdom" through the real experience of landscape. Confucius' philosophy takes "benevolence" as the core, pays attention to inner moral cultivation and abides by the virtue of being kind to people and things. This kind of fraternity thought almost runs through Confucius' philosophical thought. Confucius was also a man with a soft spot for mountains and rivers. "Mount Dongshan is a small road, Mount Taishan is a small world", and the towering mountains have cultivated his broad mind; "When a gentleman sees a big water, he must look at it." The river swings and breeds his profound wisdom. Confucius thus regarded the thick and unshakable mountains as the image of "benevolent" he worshipped, and triggered his infinite philosophical thinking and deep philosophical feelings with stagnant water. Wise men understand things, so they like running water; People with benevolence are content with justice and reason, so they like to stabilize the mountain. This philosophical idea that mountains and rivers are more virtuous than people has had an infinite and far-reaching influence on later generations, and it is deeply soaked in the traditional culture of China.