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rú ㄖㄨˊ (1.1): 周代掌握詩書禮樂射御等知識技藝，擔任教育、禮儀等方面職務的人。 Scholar and teacher of the traditional arts of the Zhou dynasty.
| 《·》: | 子謂子夏曰：「女為君子儒，無為小人儒。」 | | 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): 泛指讀書人、學者。 Scholars in general.
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (2): 儒家學派，即孔子及其弟子、後學人。 The Confucian school, Confucius and his followers.
| 《·》: | 儒者曰：「親親有術，尊賢有等。」 | | The Confucianist says: Love among relations should depend upon the degree of relationship, and honour to the virtuous should be graded. | | 《·》: | 孟子曰：「逃墨必歸於楊，逃楊必歸於儒。」 | | 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. | | 《·》: | 或問儒者曰：「方此時也，堯安在？」 | | 《·》: | 周室衰而王道廢，儒墨乃始列道而議，分徒而訟，於是博學以疑聖，華誣以脅眾，弦歌鼓舞，緣飾《》、《》，以買名譽於天下。 | | 《·》: | 是儒墨之分。 |
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (3): 柔順。 Obedient, submissive.
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rú ㄖㄨˊ (4): 通「懦」：懦弱。 Meek, cowardly.
| 《·》: | 勞苦之事則偷儒轉脫，饒樂之事則佞兌而不曲，辟違而不愨，程役而不錄：橫行天下，雖達四方，人莫不棄。 |
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