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rú ㄖㄨˊ (1.1): 周代掌握诗书礼乐射御等知识技艺，担任教育、礼仪等方面职务的人。 Scholar and teacher of the traditional arts of the Zhou dynasty.
| 《·》: | 子谓子夏曰：“女为君子儒，无为小人儒。” | | The Master said to Zi Xia, "Do you be a scholar after the style of the superior man, and not after that of the mean man." | | 《·》: | 四曰儒，以道得民。 |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (1.2): 泛指读书人、学者。 Scholars in general.
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (2): 儒家学派，即孔子及其弟子、后学人。 The Confucian school, Confucius and his followers.
| 《·》: | 儒者曰：“亲亲有术，尊贤有等。” | | The Confucianist says: Love among relations should depend upon the degree of relationship, and honour to the virtuous should be graded. | | 《·》: | 孟子曰：“逃墨必归于杨，逃杨必归于儒。” | | Mencius said, 'Those who are fleeing from the errors of Mo naturally turn to Yang, and those who are fleeing from the errors of Yang naturally turn to orthodoxy.' | | 《·》: | 故有儒、墨之是非，以是其所非，而非其所是。 | | So it is that we have the contentions between the Literati and the Mohists, the one side affirming what the other denies, and vice versa. | | 《·》: | 或问儒者曰：“方此时也，尧安在？” | | 《·》: | 周室衰而王道废，儒墨乃始列道而议，分徒而讼，于是博学以疑圣，华诬以胁众，弦歌鼓舞，缘饰《》、《》，以买名誉于天下。 | | 《·》: | 是儒墨之分。 |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (3): 柔顺。 Obedient, submissive.
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (4): 通“懦”：懦弱。 Meek, cowardly.
| 《·》: | 劳苦之事则偷儒转脱，饶乐之事则佞兑而不曲，辟违而不悫，程役而不录：横行天下，虽达四方，人莫不弃。 |
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