There is no doubt, however, that the ideal moral character for Confucius is the chün tzu. (gentleman), as he is discussed in more than eighty chapters in the Analects. Chün tzu and hsiao jen (small man) are correlative and contrasted terms. The former is used of men in authority while the latter of those who are ruled.4 In the Analects, however, chün tzu and hsiao jen are essentially moral terms. The chün tzu is the man with a cultivated moral character, while the hsiao jen is the opposite.
