The Unity of Virtue
All virtues are unified in the person of ren.
The virtues are not separate but unified. A person of ren embodies all the virtues - righteousness, ritual propriety, wisdom, trustworthiness. Ren is the root from which all virtues grow.
Ren is the root; the other virtues are its branches.
The virtues form an integrated whole in the exemplary person.
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