The sage, shengren, is the highest human ideal of Chinese thought: for Confucians the ancient sage-kings and Confucius, models of virtue; for the Daodejing the one who acts without acting and teaches without words. The Neo-Confucians held that sagehood can be learned.
Sage
Shengren: the perfected person of Confucian and Daoist thought, who embodies the Way.
Also: shengren