忠信

忠信

1. faithful and honest; loyal and sincere

   • 君子進德脩業，忠信所以進德也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君子进德修业，忠信所以进德也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Jūnzǐ jìndé xiūyè, zhōngxìn suǒyǐ jìndé yě. [Pinyin]

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   • 孝敬忠信為吉德，盜賊藏姦為凶德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孝敬忠信为吉德，盗贼藏奸为凶德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Xiàojìng zhōngxìn wéi jídé, dàozéi cángjiān wéi xiōngdé. [Pinyin]

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   • 人之行己，莫大於孝悌忠信。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1407

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   • 及其暇日，申之以孝悌忠信，使國人知親上死長之義。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1469, Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, Peripheral Records volume 4, in 孫曉 (Sun Xiao), chief editor, 《標點校勘本大越史記全書》, →ISBN, page 94

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