知人 zhīrén
zhīrén
phrase
to understand a person; to understand people
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially, to perceive a person's moral character or ability (Guoyu '知人'; Mathews 1931 '知人', p. 128)
Contained in
- 知人知面不知心 one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature
- 知人者智，自知者明 those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经
- 知人善任 expert at appointing people according to their abilities
- 知人之明 recognizing talent
- 不知人事 to aware of common affairs
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《中庸章句》 Commentary on Doctrine of the Mean Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 4
- 卷二百六十二 列傳第二十一 李穀 昝居潤 竇貞固 李濤 王易簡 趙上交 張錫 張鑄 邊歸讜 劉溫叟 劉濤 邊光範 劉載 程羽 Volume 262 Biographies 21: Li Gu, Zan Jurun, Dou Zhengu, Li Tao, Wang Yijian, Zhao Shangjiao, Zhang Xi, Zhang Zhu, Bian Guidang, Liu Wensou, Liu Tao, Bian Guangfan, Liu Zai, Cheng Yu History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷一百零八 列傳第三十三 劉仁軌 裴行儉子:光庭 稹 玄孫:均 婁師德 Volume 108 Biographies 33: Liu Rengui, Pei Xingjian and sons: Guang Ting, Zhen, great great grandson: Jun, Lou Shide New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 4
- 卷111 刑罰志七 Volume 111 Treatise 7: Criminal Punishment Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 4
- 卷一百一十八 列傳第四十三 張韋韓宋辛二李裴 Volume 118 Biographies 43: Zhang, Wei, Han, Song, Xi, two Li's, Pei New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 4
- 卷三十七 蜀書七 龐統法正傳 Volume 37: Book of Shu 7 - Biographies of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 4
- 卷一百三十一 列傳第八十一: 李勉 李皋 子像古 道古 Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian, Li Gao, Zi Xianggu, Dao Gu Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
- 卷四百八十三 列傳第二百四十二 世家六 湖南周氏周行逢(子:保權 附:李觀象 張文表) 荆南高氏高保融(弟:保勗 子:繼沖 弟:保寅 附:孫光憲 梁延嗣 漳泉留氏留從效 陳氏陳洪進(子:文顯 文顥 文顗 文頊) Volume 483 Biographies 242: Hereditary Houses 6 - Hu and southern Zhou clans Zhou Xingfeng (son: Bao Quan, relative: Li Guanxiang, Zhang Wenbiao), Jing and southern Gao clans Gao Baorong (younger brother: Bao Xu, sons: Ji Chong, younger brother: Bao Yin, relative: Sun Guangxian, Liang Yansi, Zhang Quanliu remaining clan member nephew, Chen clan Chen Hongjin (sons: Wen Xian, Wen Hao, Wen Yi, Wen Xu) History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 3
- 卷三百四十四 列傳第一百〇三 孫覺 李常 孔文仲 李周 鮮于侁 顧臨 李之純 王覿 馬默 Volume 344 Biographies 103: Sun Jue, Li Chang, Kong Wenzhong, Li Zhou, Xian Yushen, Gu Lin, Li Zhichun, Wang Di, Ma Mo History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
Collocations
- 知人鉴 (知人鑒) 有知人鑒 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu — count: 8
- 以为知人 (以為知人) 光武以為知人 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十六 鄧寇列傳 Volume 16: Biographies of Deng, Kou — count: 8
- 知人情 (知人情) 下知人情 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李斯列傳》 Biography of Li Si — count: 7
- 诚知人 (誠知人) 上誠知人 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十八 公孫弘卜式兒寬傳 Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan — count: 6
- 在知人 (在知人) 在知人 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 皐陶謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Gao Yao — count: 6
- 知人事 (知人事) 大夫知人事 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十四 志第十四 職官 Volume 24 Treatises 14: Government Service — count: 5
- 知人疾苦 (知人疾苦) 知人疾苦 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷七十 列傳第六十 循吏 Volume 70 Biographies 60: Virtuous Officials — count: 5
- 知人掠 (知人掠) 知人掠盜之物 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷111 刑罰志七 Volume 111 Treatise 7: Criminal Punishment — count: 4
- 知人道 (知人道) 欲知人道 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十 繆稱訓 Chapter 10: Solemn Precepts — count: 3
- 知人数 (知人數) 比功效而知人數矣 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷八 尊賢 Chapter 8: Respecting Talent — count: 3