• In this paper I emphasize the bodily indeterminate nature of the Confucian virtue ethics. I tried to develop an idea that Confucian ren ai 仁爱 is first of all a corporeal and living human love that involves emotion and desire. Ren 仁 as the key conception of Confucian morality should be seen as that rooted in the interaction between body and mind as well as interpersonal emotional transmission. Following this way of thinking, I shall discuss further my understanding of traditional Chinese views of the body and the Confucian concept of intimateness 亲近 (literally, “closeness in personal relations”), as well as the potential significance of these ideas for the future understanding of Confucian ethics as a formative-exemplary ethics of virtue based on moral exemplification.