... on the information presented in The Analects, it is possible to create a comprehensive if somewhat one-sided, picture of what Confucius believed to be virtuous behaviors[CITATION Say131 p 223 l 1033 ]. Confucius believed himself to be a teacher of humanity, and to be worthy in his eyes was ... to as junzi, as well (Confucius, 500 B.C.). In his Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle describes quite succinctly the different points that he feels are necessary to define such a character. Aristotle states "the good is rightly observed to be that at which all things aim" (Aristotle, 350 B.C., 1:1). .....

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