Standards of Conduct
1. A good-morally upright person who practices Taijiquan, does so for the purpose of obtaining good health and strengthening his/her body.
2. A bad-evil person who becomes involved in martial arts, who uses his skill to take from others, creating harm and suffering. This is forbidden.
Qualities of Character
1. Propriety (Duan)
Dignity and hold high esteem for ones' teachers and elders
2. Fairness (Gong)
Hold impartiality to people
3. Kindness (Ren )
Be benevolent
4. Nobility (Hao )
Keep an open mind
5. Loyalty (Zhong )
Be faithful and Loyal
6. Honesty (Cheng )
Be honest and sincere
7. Respect (Jing)
Respect others
8. Integrity (Zheng)
Maintain a high level of integrity and decency
9. Righteousness (Yi)
Do what is right
10. Bravery (Young)
Be ready to fight for a just cause
11.Trustworthiness (Xin)
Have good faith
12. Morality (De)
Conduct yourself ethically
Prohibitions (Precautionary Rules)
1. Don't rely on a position of authority to bully others
2. Don't defer to the strong (out of fear) or insult the weak
3. Don't fear for oneself, come to the aid of others in danger
4. Don't commit crimes
5 .Don't rely on your Kungfu skills to fight with others
6. Don't take advantage of a superior position to become arrogant
7. Don't sell your art on the street
8. Don't travel here and there to set up a clique
9. Don't wallow in luxury, or live a paupers' existance
10. Don't be prideful or self-satisfied
11 Don't get into arguments with a crazy or violent person
12. Don't contend with the ignorant
13. Don't be proud toward the poor or fawn on the rich
14 .Don't hanker after ill gotten gains
15. Don't have anything to do with drinking or prostitution
16. Don't refuse to pay any public or private obligations
17. Don't use public office for personal ends
18. Don't pursue the trappings of high office or handsome salary
19. Don't betray your country or be a traiter
20. Don't slack off and waste your time by not practicing
Prohibited Negative Character Traits
1. Inappropriate affairs (Xie) and immoral practices
2. Committing crimes (Fan) befriending bad people and committing bad deeds
3. Creating difficulty (Diao) artfulness
4. Cunning (Hua) or trickiness
5. Excessive luxury (She) and free-spending ways
6. Cheating and swindling (Zha) by hoaxing others
7. Inappropriate words/deeds (Feng) ying and succumbing to violent behavior
8. Baseness (Bei) or have an inferior character
9. Fraudulence (Jian) or hypocrisy
10. Dishonesty (Huang) and untruthfulness
11. Extremely self-willed (Kuang) or become arrogant
