其身不正，雖令不從

其身不正，雖令不從

See also: 其身不正，虽令不从

Chinese

		his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	not; no	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year		although; even though	make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honorable	not; no	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried
trad. (其身不正，雖令不從)		其	身	不	正	，	雖	令	不	從
simp. (其身不正，虽令不从)		其	身	不	正	，	虽	令	不	从

Etymology

From the Analects of Confucius.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí shēn bù zhèng, suí lìng bù cóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ, ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí shēn bù zhèng, suí lìng bù cóng [Phonetic: qí shēn bú zhèng, suí lìng bù cóng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄥˋ, ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí shen bù jhèng, suéi lìng bù cóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi² shên¹ pu⁴ chêng⁴- sui² ling⁴ pu⁴ tsʻung²
    • Yale: chí shēn bù jèng-, swéi lìng bù tsúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi shen bu jenq, swei linq bu tsorng
    • Palladius: ци шэнь бу чжэн, суй лин бу цун (ci šɛnʹ bu čžɛn, suj lin bu cun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ sweɪ̯³⁵ liŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵/

Proverb

其身不正，雖令不從

1. If the leader is not righteous, his subordinates would not follow his orders.