In
Confucian thought, is interpreted as the behavioural quality of a person given their context, which may be bettered through the cultivation of (humaneness), (ritual propriety), and (righteousness) to build , or virtuous moral character. Confucian scholars, such as
Han Yu, traditionally identified
seven basic emotions ( ), named in the
Book of Rites as happiness (), anger (), grief (), fear (), love (), hate (), and desire ().
Neo-Confucians understand as products of environmental circumstances affecting , or innate human nature. This interpretation of as an emotional concept, especially as connected to , arose after the
Warring States period. ==In Daoism==