依旧是名不正
“the position”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If Great Tang is going to confer the title forcefully,”
依旧 是 名不正
“the position”
言不顺
“is still not legitimate.”
“You cannot simply force this title upon them; people will never accept it as legitimate.”
Rooted in Confucian philosophy, this doctrine insists that social harmony requires actions and titles to correspond strictly with moral and legal truth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unjustified in name, lacking proper legitimacy
The first half of the famous idiom '名不正,言不顺'; used to indicate that something lacks formal justification or legal standing.
still remains, is still
Used to emphasize that a core condition has not changed despite other interventions.