rén​zhě​yào​shān

the benevolent find joy in mountains

Senses

仁者乐山/ 仁者樂山 rén​zhě​yào​shān (also rén​zhě​lè​shān) the benevolent find joy in mountains

A classic idiom from the Analects of Confucius; it describes how people of virtue are calm and firm in their principles, much like the steadiness of a mountain, and thus find pleasure in them.

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synonym 仁者乐山/仁者樂山 知者乐水/知者樂水