愚忠

Chinese

		stupid	loyal
trad. (愚忠)		愚	忠
simp. ^#(愚忠)		愚	忠

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	忠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhōng
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*truŋ/
English	loyal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

愚忠

(literary, archaic, humble) loyalty without talent; the condition of being loyal yet incompetent (humble term referring to one's own efforts or opinions when addressing a sovereign)
- 王命之，臣敢對，因竭其愚忠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  王命之，臣敢对，因竭其愚忠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Wáng mìng zhī, chén gǎn duì, yīn jié qí yúzhōng. [Pinyin]
  Your Majesty have given me an order, and I, your subject, would venture to say a word (before carrying it out), so that this incompetent man's loyal service may be duly rendered without reservations.
blind and unthinking loyalty; the state of being loyal to such extent that one's own judgement is surrendered; loyalty to an unworthy leader or cause

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