My View on the Comparison of English Gentlemen and Chinese Junzi
My View on the Comparison of English Gentlemen and Chinese Junzi 03100322 10英三 曹雯雯
It is no doubt that there exits a lot of similarities between English culture and Chinese culture, obviously , the topic I want to discuss today , the comparison of English gentlemen and Chinese Junzi , can be regarded as an good example. Meanwhile, the distinctions between cannot be easily neglected . In contrast, through the overall analysis and understanding of the two standards which represent the man’s noble character , can we successfully seeking common points while reserving differences , so that learn to improve our own personality.
First of all , let us know the basic definition of them .In modern speech the term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or gens, and man, the Italiangentil uomo or gentiluomo and the Portuguese gentil-homem) refers to any man of good, courteous conduct. It may also refer to all men collectively, as in indications of gender-separated facilities, or as a sign of the speaker's own courtesy when addressing others.
In its original meaning, the term denoted a man of the lowest rank of the English gentry, standing below anesquire and above a yeoman. By definition, this category included the younger sons of the younger sons of peersand the younger sons of baronets (after this honour's institution in 1611), knights, and esquires in perpetual succession, and thus the term captures the common denominator of gentility (and often armigerousness) shared by both constituents of the English aristocracy: the peerage and the gentry. In this sense, the word equates with the French gentilhomme ("nobleman"), which latter term has been, in Great Britain, long confined to the peerage;Maurice Keen points to the category of "gentlemen" in this context as thus constituting "the nearest contemporary English equivalent of the noblesse of France
As for the Chinese Junzi , the The term Jūnzǐ (君子) is a term crucial to classical
It is no doubt that there exits a lot of similarities between English culture and Chinese culture, obviously , the topic I want to discuss today , the comparison of English gentlemen and Chinese Junzi , can be regarded as an good example. Meanwhile, the distinctions between cannot be easily neglected . In contrast, through the overall analysis and understanding of the two standards which represent the man’s noble character , can we successfully seeking common points while reserving differences , so that learn to improve our own personality.
First of all , let us know the basic definition of them .In modern speech the term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or gens, and man, the Italiangentil uomo or gentiluomo and the Portuguese gentil-homem) refers to any man of good, courteous conduct. It may also refer to all men collectively, as in indications of gender-separated facilities, or as a sign of the speaker's own courtesy when addressing others.
In its original meaning, the term denoted a man of the lowest rank of the English gentry, standing below anesquire and above a yeoman. By definition, this category included the younger sons of the younger sons of peersand the younger sons of baronets (after this honour's institution in 1611), knights, and esquires in perpetual succession, and thus the term captures the common denominator of gentility (and often armigerousness) shared by both constituents of the English aristocracy: the peerage and the gentry. In this sense, the word equates with the French gentilhomme ("nobleman"), which latter term has been, in Great Britain, long confined to the peerage;Maurice Keen points to the category of "gentlemen" in this context as thus constituting "the nearest contemporary English equivalent of the noblesse of France
As for the Chinese Junzi , the The term Jūnzǐ (君子) is a term crucial to classical