Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170421174503

Qing, Jing, and Xin are the major philosophical concepts in Xin and are a pillar of Xinese society. Each were developed long ago long before the Empire but when the Empire was formed the concepts were kept but changed to the point of the actual original meaning of the concept have been lost or twisted to suits the states purposes.

Firstly Qing. Qing is a concept that revolves around one's emotions and feelings and how they relate to order. Qing teaches the proper way to behave and divides the world into various ranks and relationships and teaches of balance between them. A example is of that of the father and son in which the son is expected to respect and obey the father and the father is expected to respect and provide for the son if both work together they create order. This concept is applied to all things in Xin.

Xin is as you can tell rather important as the Empire takes it's name from the concept. Xin expands on Qing with the father son relation (Which in the scope of the Empire the State is the father and the son is the people). Xin focuses on Honor and Duty to one's master/father with the father figure expected to receive owns respect this respect and it's relating actions should not be considered a punishment but a honor to sever. This doesn't make the 'son' a mindless fool though seeing as a son out of respect for the father should question the fathers orders if they need to be questioned this is the fine line between respect and disrespect.

Now finally Jing, Jing revolves around reverence and the observance of rituals. It is also linked with the keeping of tradition and culture. The ancestor worship falls under Jing and so does the traditions of Xin being kept through the generations. 