忠信 zhōngxìn
zhōngxìn
phrase
faith and honesty; loyalty and sincerity
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 是故君子有大道,必忠信以得之 'Thus we see that the sovereign [junzi] has a great course to pursue. He must show entire self-devotion and sincerity to attain it.' (Book of Rites, Great Learning 禮記‧大學, trans. by Legge 1885)
Contained in
- 孝悌忠信 Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 16
- 卷二十九 燕一 Chapter 29: Yan I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 8
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 6
- 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷一百十九 列傳第六十九: 楊綰 崔祐甫 常袞 Volume 119 Biographies 69: Yang Wan, Cui Youfu, Chang Gun Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 5
- 《學而第一》 Commentary on Xue Er I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 5
- 《衛靈公第十五》 Commentary on Wei Ling Gong XV Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 5
- 卷第八 說符篇 Chapter 8: Explaining Conjunctions Liezi 列子 — count: 4
- Scroll 9 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 4
- 彊國篇第十六 Chapter 16: A Powerful State Xunzi 荀子 — count: 4
Collocations
- 言忠信 (言忠信) 其言忠信於鬼神 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
- 致忠信 (致忠信) 致忠信以愛之 — Xunzi 荀子, 富國篇第十 Chapter 10: Enriching the State — count: 6
- 忠信以为 (忠信以為) 而忠信以為寶 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《儒行》 The Conduct of the Scholar — count: 3
- 仁义忠信 (仁義忠信) 仁義忠信 — Mencius 孟子, 告子上 Gaozi I — count: 3
- 不厌忠信 (不厭忠信) 君子不厭忠信 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 3
- 孝敬忠信 (孝敬忠信) 孝敬忠信為吉德 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
- 道忠信 (道忠信) 口不道忠信之言為嚚 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
- 昭忠信 (昭忠信) 昭忠信也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 主忠信 (主忠信) 主忠信 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 1. 《學而》 Xue Er — count: 3
- 务忠信 (務忠信) 務忠信 — Xunzi 荀子, 彊國篇第十六 Chapter 16: A Powerful State — count: 2