The Full Duty of Loyalty: “To Be Loyal, Can One Avoid Giving Admonition?”

By / / admonition, instruction, integrity, loyalty, The Analects, Xian Wen XIV, Xian Wen XIV Chapter 7
Confucius asked: “Can true loyalty exist without admonishing and instructing the one served?”

Can there be loyalty which does not lead to the instruction of its object?

忠焉，能勿诲乎？

Source: The Analects, Xian Wen XIV, Chapter 7

Author: Confucius

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