Four Cardinal Principles and Eight Virtues
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Not to be confused with Four Cardinal Principles proposed by Deng Xiaoping, or the Three Obediences and Four Virtues behavioural code for women in Ancient China.
The Four Cardinal Principles and Eight Virtues are a set of Legalist (and later Confucian) foundational principles of morality. The Four Cardinal Principles are propriety (禮), righteousness (義), integrity (廉), and shame (恥). The Eight Virtues are loyalty (忠), filial piety (孝), benevolence (仁) love (愛), honesty (信) justice (義), harmony (和), and peace (平). [1][2]
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