儒 rú Rú

1. rú noun a scholar
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The original meaning of 儒 at the time of Confucius was as a government official assisting the ruler. There are also a number of other archaic senses debated for this term (Yao 2000. p. 18).
2. Rú proper noun Confucianism / Confucian school
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: Confucianism 儒家
   Notes: Founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and elaborated by Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC) and other scholars in the Warring States period (Yao 2000, p. 7).

Contained in

• 焚书坑儒(焚書坑儒) to burn the books and bury Confucian scholars alive
• 儒雅 scholarly / refined / cultured / courteous
• 宿儒 experienced scholar / old expert in the field
• 侏儒 a dwarf / a pygmy / a small person / a midget
• 小儒 a petty minded scholar
• 儒士 a Confucian scholar
• 迂儒 unrealistic / pedantic and impractical
• 独尊儒术(獨尊儒術) dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians
• 儒林 academic cirles ; Confucian texts ; educational officals ; renowned Confucians ; academic circles ; a Confucian scholar ; an academic administrator
• 名儒 well known Confucian scholar
• 儒林 academic cirles ; Confucian texts ; educational officals ; renowned Confucians ; academic circles ; a Confucian scholar ; an academic administrator
• 侏儒症 pituitary dwarfism
• 侏儒仓鼠(侏儒倉鼠) dwarf hamster
• 儒略日 Julian day
• 儒艮 dugong
• 宏儒 learned scholar
• 犬儒 cynic
• 犬儒主义(犬儒主義) cynicism

Also contained in

儒家 、 儒学 、 儒教 、 儒家者言 、 儒术 、 现代新儒学 、 新儒家 、 儒者 、 儒童 、 金儒 、 儒家思想 、 儒生 、 儒家文化 、 儒林外史 、 马儒

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• 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 110
• 卷一百八十八　　列傳第一百十三 楊時朱孫 Volume 188 Biographies 113: Yang, Shi, Zhu and grandsons New Book of Tang 《新唐書》 — count: 68
• 卷二百五十八 列傳第一百四十六 許譽卿 華允誠 魏呈潤 毛羽健 吳執御 章正宸 黃紹杰 傅朝佑 姜埰 熊開元 詹爾選 湯開遠 成勇 陳龍正 Volume 258 Biographies 146: Xu Yuqing, Hua Yuncheng, Wei Chengrun, Mao Yujian, Wu Zhiyu, Zhang Zhengchen, Huang Shaojie, Fu Chaoyou, Jiang 埰, Xiong Kaiyuan, Zhan Erxuan, Tang Kaiyuan, Cheng Yong, Chen Longzheng History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 39
• 卷二百五十七 列傳第一百四十五 張鶴鳴 董漢儒 趙彥 王洽 梁廷棟 熊明遇 張鳳翼 陳新甲 馮元飇 Volume 257 Biographies 145: Zhang Heming, Dong Hanru, Zhao Yan, Wang Qia, Liang Tingdong, Xiong Mingyu, Zhang Fengyi, Chen Xinjia, Feng Yuanbiao History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 27
• 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians Xunzi 《荀子》 — count: 26
• 卷八十一　列傳第六十九:　儒林上 Volume 81 Biographies 69: Confucian Scholars 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 《北史》 — count: 25
• 《儒行》 The Conduct of the Scholar The Book of Rites 《禮記》 — count: 25
• 卷一百九十八　　列傳第一百二十三 儒學上 Volume 198 Biographies 123: Confucian Scholars 1 New Book of Tang 《新唐書》 — count: 24
• 卷二百七十二 列傳第三十一 楊業子:延昭 等 附:王貴 荊罕儒從孙:嗣 曹光實從子:克明 張暉 司超 Volume 272 Biographies 31: Yang Ye and sons: Yanzhao and others, relative: Wang Gui, Jing Hanru and nephew: Si, Cao Guangshi and nephew: Keming, Zhang Hui, Si Chao History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 23
• 卷二百八十二 列傳第一百七十 儒林一 Volume 282 Biographies 170: Confucian Scholars 1 History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 22

Collocations

• 大儒 (大儒) 大儒之效 — Xunzi 《荀子》, 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians — count: 14
• 群儒 (群儒) 而群儒采封禪尚書 — Records of the Grand Historian 《史記》, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 8
• 偷儒 (偷儒) 勞苦之事則偷儒轉脫 — Xunzi 《荀子》, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — count: 8
• 朱儒 (朱儒) 郕大子朱儒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 儒墨 (儒墨) 儒墨乃始列道而議 — Huainanzi 《淮南子》, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 7
• 腐儒 (腐儒) 腐儒之謂也 — Xunzi 《荀子》, 非相篇第五 Chapter 5: Do not Judge by Appearances — count: 6
• 儒服 (儒服) 其儒服與 — The Book of Rites 《禮記》, 《儒行》 The Conduct of the Scholar — count: 6
• 老儒 (老儒) 殺老儒而濟陽賞也 — Han Feizi 《韓非子》, 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II — count: 6
• 左儒 (左儒) 左儒友於杜伯 — Garden of Stories 《說苑》, 卷四 立節 Chapter 4: Personal Integrity — count: 5
• 先儒 (先儒) 先儒所傳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 序 Preface — count: 4