Benevolence, people and love for things [rén mín ài wù]

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Basic definition

Ren: benevolence. Be kind to people and care for living things. It used to mean that officials were benevolent and capable.

Source

"Mencius: Devoting Your Heart": "A gentleman's relationship with things is to love others without being benevolent; with regard to the people, he is benevolent without being close to relatives, and be benevolent to relatives while benevolent to the people." The people love things.