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Confucianism?Jen (pronounced Rena), humaneness or human-heartiness.
34 While Li emphasizes restraint by external rules, Jen deals with human nature, or the inner person. The Confucian concept, especially as expressed by Confucius? principal disciple, Mencius, is that human nature is basically good. Thus, the solution to all social ills lies in self-cultivation, and that starts with education and knowledge
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