Self-denial and self-surrender, from The Analects of Confucius and Yan Yuan, is a Confucian cultivation model proposed by Confucius.

Yan Yuan asked Ren. Confucius said, "Self-denial and courtesy are benevolence. A day of self-denial, the world belongs to benevolence, benevolence is from oneself, and people? "

Self-denial and self-denial refers to restraining one's thoughts and behaviors, so as to make them conform to traditional etiquette and justice norms as much as possible.