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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]
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- ^ "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.