Confucianism holds that it is impossible for a person to obtain happiness without virtue. Happiness in life is reflected in personal good deeds, and the process of people's continuous improvement of personal virtues is the process of pursuing happiness. In order to practice virtue, one cannot insist on the enjoyment of material life, even if it is a meal, a ladle of drink, as long as the high moral character can be cultivated, such asceticism is also happy.
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The relationship between virtue and happiness