<p>I think there may be a character missing. Like: 忠美圣  爱仁义  X利义  好哀恕</p>

<p>Or 利 might be 礼, like 忠美圣  爱仁义礼义  好哀恕</p>

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2013-12-27T20:13:38.950Z
2013-12-27T20:13:38.950Z
孤影萍踪
<p>It's meaningless, just some words randomly put together.
Nothing related to Confucianism.</p>

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Fisher
<p>I would attempt to break it up as follows:<br>
忠美圣 &nbsp;爱 &nbsp;仁义 &nbsp;利义 &nbsp;好哀恕<br></p>

<p>And from there we have something like:<br>
The honest and virtuous sage loves benevolence, righteousness, morality, and justice [and here is where I am somewhat uncertain because of the many possible readings of 好] and readily sympathizes with and forgives others.</p>

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2013-12-25T01:26:49.150Z
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<p>I saw a single row of characters with no punctuation:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>忠美聖愛仁義利義好哀恕</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I believe this is a proverb relating to Confucian values, but I can't break it into separate words.</p>
<p>Zhongmei (忠美) might be loyalty.</p>
<p>Sheng-ai (聖愛) is probably love between humans and gods.</p>
<p>Ren-yi (仁義) is compassion.</p>
<p>Li (利) might be benefit.</p>
<p>I can't even figure out the boundaries of the words, much less the grammar.</p>

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忠美聖愛仁義利義好哀恕: How do I segment this proverb into separate words?
# 忠美聖愛仁義利義好哀恕: How do I segment this proverb into separate words?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-25)

I saw a single row of characters with no punctuation:

> 忠美聖愛仁義利義好哀恕

I believe this is a proverb relating to Confucian values, but I can't break it into separate words.

Zhongmei (忠美) might be loyalty.

Sheng-ai (聖愛) is probably love between humans and gods.

Ren-yi (仁義) is compassion.

Li (利) might be benefit.

I can't even figure out the boundaries of the words, much less the grammar.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2013-12-25. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

I would attempt to break it up as follows:  
忠美圣  爱  仁义  利义  好哀恕

And from there we have something like:  
The honest and virtuous sage loves benevolence, righteousness, morality, and justice [and here is where I am somewhat uncertain because of the many possible readings of 好] and readily sympathizes with and forgives others.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-27. Score: 2

I think there may be a character missing. Like: 忠美圣 爱仁义 X利义 好哀恕

Or 利 might be 礼, like 忠美圣 爱仁义礼义 好哀恕


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-01-28. Score: 0

It's meaningless, just some words randomly put together.
Nothing related to Confucianism.


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