RECTITUDE  義務

VIRTUE which consists in an ENDURING DESIRE to ACT CONFORMING to what is APPROPRIATE.
FAIRNESSJUSTNESSFAIR PLAYFAIR-MINDEDNESSEQUITYEVENHANDEDNESSIMPARTIALITYOBJECTIVITYNEUTRALITYDISINTERESTEDNESSHONESTYRIGHTEOUSNESSMORALSMORALITY
Hypernym
  • VIRTUEEXCELLENCE of CHARACTER IN a PERSON.
    • EXCELLENTFEATURE BECAUSE of which SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS OR SHOULD BE PREFERRED to OTHERS
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most general word is yì 義 "rectitude" which is often used to refer to what is proper and what is one's proper duty in general and also duties in particular.

2. Rèn 任 refers to duties insofar as these impose burdens of responsibility.

3. Zé 責 refers to duties insofar as these represent demands that others do make or can make on one.

4. Zhí 職 refers specifically to official public duties that are part of one's public office.

Modern Chinese Criteria
義務

任務

職責

天職

職志

職分

職掌

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 9.943

  • Semantica del Griego Antiguo ( HERNANDEZ 2000) p. 42n170

    Havelock, Justice

  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    OFFICIUM

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p.

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 3.329

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 7.405

    PFLICHT

Words

義  yì OC: ŋrals MC: ŋiɛ 37 AttributionsWD

The most general word is yì 義 "rectitude" which is often used to refer to what is proper and what is one's proper duty in general and also duties in particular.

    Word relations
  • Result: 禮/RITUAL The current general term for everything relating to the system of ritual propriety is lǐ 禮. However the term can also be used to refer to individual prescribed rituals.
  • Ant: 淫/UNRESTRAINED Yín 淫 can come to refer to extravagance as a symptom of general indulgence.
  • Object: 行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]
  • Assoc: 理/PRINCIPLE Lǐ 理 refers to inherent structuring patterns of things.
  • Assoc: 禮/RITUAL The current general term for everything relating to the system of ritual propriety is lǐ 禮. However the term can also be used to refer to individual prescribed rituals.
  • Oppos: 利/PROFIT Lì 利 (1. ant. yì 義 "considerations of rectitude"(!!); 2. ant. hài 害 "damage and loss suffered") refers to material profit.

    Syntactic words
  • n[adN]N=humdutiful persons, men of rectitude, persons with a sense of what is just
  • nab.adVby means of rectitude, acting in accordance with dutyCH
  • nab.post-Nthe sense of duty, the rectitude of NCH
  • nab.tconceptduty towards N ???
  • nab[post-N]the sense of duty of the person involved; [his] notion of what is rightDS
  • nabconceptnotion of what is right
  • nabmetaphysicalwhat is right; duty, as in 吾義　"my duty"
  • nabvaluerighteousness as a personal valueCH
  • nab{PRED}be a case of morally appropriate actionCH
  • vi0rectitude prevails, righteousness prevailsCH
  • vidispositionbe righteous in dispositionDS
  • vtoNputativeconsider as moreally right; consider as being just
任  rèn OC: njɯms MC: ȵim 15 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabresponsibilities, official assignments; responsibility. See also BURDEN.fig
  • viacttake on duties, be in charge
  • vt+prep+Ntake responsibility for
  • vtoNtake responsibility for, take upon oneself the responsibility for
  • vtoNcausativecause (oneself) to carry out as a duty, cause (oneself) to undertake as a duty
  • vtoNcausativeburdern (oneself) with a duty
  • vttoN1.+VtoN2causativeburden (oneself) with the duty of N2 or the responsibility for N2
本分  běn fèn OC: pɯɯnʔ bɯns MC: puo̝n bi̯un 4 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPactoriginal fate > allotted duty; often referring to one's concrete duty or responsibility; one's assigned job
  • NPadNoriginally alloted > as duty; of duty
責  zé OC: skreeɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛk 3 AttributionsWD

Zé 責 refers to duties insofar as these represent demands that others do make or can make on one.

    Syntactic words
  • nab.post-V{NUM}obligations
  • nabsocialobligation, responsibility
戍  shù OC: qhjos MC: ɕi̯o 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabactmilitary term of office; military duty
公義  gōng yì MC: kuwng ngjeH OC: klooŋ ŋralsLZ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabcommon goodLZ
正義  zhèng yì MC: tsyengH ngjeH OC: tjeŋs ŋralsLZ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabconceptnotion of moral rectitude, moral principlesLZ

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