subdue oneself and return to propriety ❍ 颜渊问仁。子曰： “～为仁。”～(《论语·颜渊》) Yan Yuan asked about perfect virtue. The Master said，“To subdue oneself and return to propriety is perfect virtue.”
克己复礼ke ji fu li
(as a Confucian ethical ideal) exercise selfrestraint and return to propriety