To see a person of virtue and wisdom and think of imitating them; to emulate the virtuous and wise. Originally from the "Analects of Confucius" in the sentence jiàn xián sī qí [[焉|焉|yan1]], [[见不贤而内自省也|見不賢而內自省也|jian4 bu4 xian2 er2 nei4 zi4 xing3 ye3]].