Control - Kokki

Japanese: 克己 - こっき
Control - Kokki
〘 noun 〙 To overcome oneself. To overcome one's own desires and evil thoughts. ※Meiroku Zasshi, No. 16 (1874) Theory on the Public Life of Man〈Sugi Koji〉 "When someone is kind to you, you should repay them, and by overcoming yourself, you should become friendly with other people. This is one's true nature." 〔The Analects of Confucius, Yan Yuan〕

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Japanese:
〘名〙 おのれに克(か)つこと。自分の欲望や邪念にうちかつこと。※明六雑誌‐一六号(1874)人間公共の説〈杉亨二〉「恩あれば之に報し克己して人の人と相ひ親むは其性情なり」 〔論語‐顔淵〕

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