Ma Rong's The First Palm of Jing Tian says: "The highest virtue in the world is the greatest loyalty", and "loyalty is also a matter of the heart". Loyalty means that people are completely selfless to heaven and earth, truth, faith, duty, country and others, and always try their best to perform their duties.

Honest people are also right in virtue. As can be seen from the word-making, loyalty, centering and integrity, the ancients respected unremitting heart, so loyalty comes from the heart; In China, it also means impartiality. Loyalty is the virtue of integrity, so it comes from China. Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi says: "Loyalty, respect and devotion". It means that it is a sign of loyalty for people to perform their duties wholeheartedly.

Loyalty is an important connotation and category of Confucianism. Confucius suggested that a gentleman should be faithful in his actions. On one occasion, his student Zhang asked around what jobs were available. Confucius said: Keep your word and be respectful, even in a rough country, it will be unimpeded; On the contrary, it won't work even in your hometown.

2. Modern people's understanding of "loyalty":

Modern people sublate the Confucian concept of loyalty and righteousness. Modern people should abandon the feudal ignorance of loyalty and filial piety, but loyalty to the motherland, the people, the cause and the duty is still a virtue that every citizen should possess.

"Loyalty" can be divided into two levels in modern society. One is loyalty to the country and the people, which is the obligation and responsibility of every citizen. The second is to be loyal to your career and responsibilities, which is an essential ethics for every professional. From a sociological point of view, entrepreneurs and intellectual elites should first assume the responsibility of development.

Modern people should do their best to do their own business, provide better welfare for employees, provide better services for the masses, create more employment opportunities for the masses, produce more wealth for the society, invent more world-leading technologies for the country, and create more internationally competitive national industries for the nation.

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About the deeds of "loyalty":

When people talk about loyalty, they will naturally think of famous officials and patriotic soldiers in history, such as Qu Yuan, Su Wu, Zhuge Liang, Wei Zhi, Fan Zhongyan, Bao Zheng, Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang and Yu Qian. They are loyal to their country, and they are worried about the justice of the country and the safety of the people. This is their loyalty.

For example, in the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang had a long-cherished wish to help the world and the people, and he chose a benevolent monarch to assist him. He felt the gratitude of Liu Bei's three visits to my humble abode and Bai Di's trust, and said that he was fearless in times of crisis, loyal as ever, supported the overall situation alone, and saved the day until the south was pacified and the people were well fed and clothed, and then he continued to assist the latter in fulfilling the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty. He is loyal to his duties and takes the world as his own responsibility, which has always been praised by future generations.

Yue Fei's deeds of "serving the country faithfully" in the Southern Song Dynasty inspired generations of Chinese sons and daughters. When the nomads from the Central Plains marched, they were faced with the fall of the Central Plains, the broken mountains and rivers, and the displacement of the people. Yue Fei advocated the Anti-Japanese War, led Yue Jiajun to resist gold and defeat the enemy, and repeatedly made outstanding achievements.

He is strict in running the army, caring for soldiers and loving the people like children. The "Yue Jiajun" he created has strict military discipline and is famous for "freezing to death, not tearing down houses, starving to death and not plundering". He won every battle, which frustrated the nomads from the army. Even the nomads from the army had to sigh: "It's easy to shake the mountain, but difficult to shake the Yuejia army!" However, treacherous court official Qin Gui betrayed the country for honor, framed Zhongliang, and was nailed to the shame column of history forever.

Yue Fei's noble spirit of "returning my rivers and mountains" and his patriotic spirit of "governing the country by doing nothing" will always inspire future generations. For thousands of years, people miss Yue Fei and other loyal ministers and good generals, and hate Qin Gui and other treacherous court officials. A poem says: "Qin Gui has been called evil throughout the ages, but it is hard to lose Yue Fei's loyalty in a thousand years." The sun and the moon are bright and bold, and heaven and man learn from each other! "

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