Understanding the way of the Confucian 'Superior Man' and Aristotle's 'Man of Practical Wisdom'

Within Confucius' Analects, the Doctrine of the Mean and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics there is the element of action. Each displays an emphasis on action towards becoming the "Superior Man" and "Man of Practical Wisdom" respectively. And the comparison is made between the two philosophies on the cultivation of the self towards becoming the model person.;Part of this cultivation entails an active locating of the mean between the extremes in Aristotle's and Confucius' rendering of the Doctrine of the Mean. Defining the Mean is where the greatest contrast lies. As I will show, the Aristotelian Mean is a point in contrast to the Confucian Mean understood in terms of a range.;Examining human relations is when the pinnacle of similarities is reached. I will display the Confucian five relations and a sixth found in Aristotle's account of friendship. Throughout I will display the emerging similarities of what I refer to as the Six Parallels.