"Upholding righteousness" comes from the Book of Rites in Historical Records: "Those who abide by the law and keep righteousness despise the world when they see it, and those who are extravagant and arrogant are honored." The meaning of this passage is that people who are upright and obey the right path and rules are often despised by the world, while those who are greedy and extravagant are arrogant.
"Honesty" means loyalty, honesty and pragmatism.
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The Book of Rites is a classical Chinese written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, and is included in Historical Records. Teach the historical facts of the development and decline of ancient ritual and music civilization.
Sima Qian was born in a family of historians. After Sima Qian succeeded his father, Taishiling, he was able to enjoy the imperial collection and cruise around with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which increased his knowledge. He set out to sort out historical materials in order to fulfill his father's last wish and write a general history of "Ming Jun's loyalty to his ministers and his righteous death".
In the second year of Emperor Tiandi of Han Dynasty, when Li Ling went to Xiongnu, he fell into a tight encirclement because of the poor response of friendly forces and surrendered to Xiongnu when he ran out of food. Sima Qian angered Emperor Wudi by protecting Li Ling and was sentenced to prison. Suffering from such great humiliation, Sima Qian was angry and unwilling to live. After he was released from prison, he was appointed secretary of the secretariat of history, continued to write books with indignation, and completed the famous work Historical Records, which was praised by Mr. Lu Xun as "a historian's swan song, and his rhyme was exhausted."
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