仁者は憂えず (jinsha wa ureezu): one whose heart is humane is not anxious. 仁 is the first Confucian virtue, humaneness, which English has long called benevolence. Confucius named it in one breath with two more, in the Analects, book nine: the wise are not perplexed, the humane are not anxious, the brave are not afraid, each virtue named by the one thing it frees a person from. The commentators add the reason the line leaves unsaid: at peace with what Heaven decrees, the humane have nothing to worry over.
The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者は憂えずjinsha wa ureezuBlock Vertical VB5C
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仁者は憂えず
The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者は憂えずjinsha wa ureezuCursive Vertical VC6B
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The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者は憂えずjinsha wa ureezuSemi-Cursive Vertical VS5C
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仁者不憂(jinshafuyū)
仁者不憂 (jinshafuyū) is the clause in the four characters the Analects print; 仁者は憂えず is the same line read as Japanese.
仁者不憂
The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者不憂jinshafuyūBlock Vertical VB4C
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仁者不憂
The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者不憂jinshafuyūCursive Vertical VC4B
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仁者不憂
The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者不憂jinshafuyūDesign Vertical VD5B
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The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者不憂jinshafuyūSemi-Cursive Vertical VS4C
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仁者不憂
The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者不憂jinshafuyūCursive Horizontal HC3A
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仁者不憂
The Benevolent Have No Worries仁者不憂jinshafuyūSemi-Cursive Horizontal HS3A
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