So I know what it means, and this gentleman knows it very well. He thinks and understands big issues related to morality every day. Little people think about making profits every day and how to make money. How to get petty profits?

Another explanation is that the radical of metaphor is mouth, so it is related to speech. Anything a gentleman says is from the perspective of righteousness. What the villain says is from the perspective of interests.

For example, when talking about starting a business with a villain, he only asks how much money it can earn and how big the market is. Where is the profit point? He may say that my second uncle has made money by doing this, so we can't see his love for entrepreneurship itself or his inner ideal. What drives him to start a business is only his love of money. This is called a villain, which is a metaphor for profit.

The figurative meaning of a gentleman means that when a gentleman does something, the first thing that comes to mind is whether it has social value. Can this matter have a positive impact on people? What changes can I make to society?

A gentleman interprets two completely different outlook on life and values with righteousness and villainy. This sentence can be used to judge whether a person pays more attention to profit or to evaluate and identify the realm of others. It can also be used internally to examine yourself and see if you pay more attention to righteousness or profit when communicating with others or discussing problems.

In the fourth article of The Analects of Confucius, the text of each section is generally not long, but it has produced many famous sayings and aphorisms. Just like this section, my sister is full of philosophical thinking and makes people think deeply.