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Favourite Subjects of Confucius

The two favourite subjects in the teaching of Confucius, as recorded in The Analects, are love (Ren), and the rules of proper conduct (Li).

• Love (Ren) is another favorite theme of the teaching of Confucius. It presupposes and ensures the importance and uniqueness of every individual. The full development of the personality of the individual is very much emphasized in the teaching of Confucius, and Love (Ren) is closely to the notice of humanness, compassion and compassionate service in a social setting as an expression of full human potential.
• proper conduct or Li may mean propriety or ceremony or rite in its narrower sense; in its broader sense it may mean the rules of proper conduct in general. Such rules of proper conduct (Li) are really knowable in a deeply internal matter and represent a sort of unwritten law, outwardly expressed as norms and regulations deeply recognized by a society. They are the most important social product to ensure the solidarity of society according to universal human principles.