Four Cardinal Principles and Eight Virtues

Four Cardinal Principles and Eight Virtues
Four Cardinal Principles and Eight Virtues
Traditional Chinese	四維八德
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Sìwéi Bādé
Wade–Giles	Ssu wei pa te
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sei wàih baat dāk
Jyutping	Sei3 wai4 baat3 dak1

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]

^ "OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS" (PDF). Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ "會議過程正式紀錄（2010年1月13日）" (PDF). 香港特別行政區立法會. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[LegCo01_Eng-1] "OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS" (PDF). Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[LegCo01_Chi-2] "會議過程正式紀錄（2010年1月13日）" (PDF). 香港特別行政區立法會. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

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