仁者見仁，智者見智

Chinese
virtuous person; benevolent person
 
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 humane; kernel wise man; man of wisdom; sage
 
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 wisdom; knowledge
trad. (仁者見仁，智者見智) 仁者 見 仁 ， 智者 見 智
simp. (仁者见仁，智者见智) 仁者 见 仁 ， 智者 见 智
Literally: “The benevolent person sees benevolence, the wise person sees wisdom”.

Etymology

From I Ching:

仁者見之謂之仁，知者見之謂之知。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
仁者见之谓之仁，知者见之谓之知。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
Rén zhě jiàn zhī wèi zhī rén, zhì zhě jiàn zhī wèi zhī zhì. [Pinyin]
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Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rénzhě jiàn rén, zhìzhě jiàn zhì
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ , ㄓˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jan4 ze2 gin3 jan4, zi3 ze2 gin3 zi3
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: rénzhě jiàn rén, zhìzhě jiàn zhì
      • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ , ㄓˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: rénjhě jiàn rén, jhìhjhě jiàn jhìh
      • Wade–Giles: jên2-chê3 chien4 jên2, chih4-chê3 chien4 chih4
      • Yale: rén-jě jyàn rén-, jr̀-jě jyàn jr̀
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjee jiann ren, jyhjee jiann jyh
      • Palladius: жэньчжэ цзянь жэнь, чжичжэ цзянь чжи (žɛnʹčžɛ czjanʹ žɛnʹ, čžičžɛ czjanʹ čži)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

仁者見仁，智者見智

  1. different people have different views; opinions differ; there's no accounting for taste

Synonyms
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