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    Loyalty in Confucianism refers to conscientiousness and doing one's best rather than blind obedience. It involves helping others through loyalty first to family, then spouse, then ruler, and friends. Confucius taught that loyalty requires criticizing authority figures like one's father or ruler when necessary, rather than slavish obedience. Loyalty was considered a major virtue.

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    Loyalty in Confucianism refers to conscientiousness and doing one's best rather than blind obedience. It involves helping others through loyalty first to family, then spouse, then ruler, and friends. Confucius taught that loyalty requires criticizing authority figures like one's father or ruler when necessary, rather than slavish obedience. Loyalty was considered a major virtue.

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    Loyalty

    Y may be broken down [Analects IV:15] into: zhong1, doing one's best, conscientiousness, "loyalty"

    What is loyalty?
    People tends to think of blind loyalty. However, this is not the loyalty taught by Confucius. Confucian loyalty is in no way a kind of slavish obedience, but even lays the duty upon man to criticize his own father or ruler if necessary. Loyalty by Confucius is not blind loyalty. The Confucian meaning is "conscientiousness," i.e. trying to do one's duty and one's best.

    Loyalty
    Helping others. Loyalty to friends, family and spouse. Loyalty to one's family came first, then to one's spouse, then to one's ruler, and lastly to one's friends. Loyalty was considered one of the greater human virtues.

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    The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith. (CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius)

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