Protesting Injustice
Speaking against injustice as a requirement of yi.
When confronted with injustice, the person of yi must speak up. Silence in the face of wrong is complicity. Yi requires courage to challenge wrongdoing, even by superiors.
The minister's duty is to remonstrate with the ruler.
Loyal opposition is an expression of yi.
Political Ethics
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- What Confucianism says about what to say and what to leave unsaid
Yi requires speaking against injustice, including injustice by superiors, and treats silence before a wrong as complicity. This pulls hard against the caution above, and Confucianism does not settle the conflict with a rule.