Lan Sect Rules

Original Post w/ Sources: A Compiled List of Known Lan Clan Rules - Unforth

Rules pertaining to appropriate behavior and comportment:

  • Lan clan disciples must follow the principles of the Lan
  • Do not work after 9 pm
  • Do not rise after 5 am
  • Venturing out at night is prohibited
  • Those who come at night should not be allowed in until 7 AM
  • Do not be late
  • Do not enter Cloud Recesses without permission
  • No one is permitted to attend the lectures without an invitation
  • Do not enter the back hills without permission
  • Do not fight without permission
  • Do not create damages
  • Do not take life within Cloud Recesses
  • Have a proper posture
  • Sitting improperly is prohibited ,
  • Do not make noise
  • Running is prohibited ,
  • Do not move arbitrarily
  • Do not smile for no reason
  • Sneering for no reason is prohibited
  • Do not drink alcohol
  • Do not consume meat
  • Killing livestock within the area is prohibited
  • Do not be difficult with food
  • Do not eat more than three bowls
  • Do not talk during meal times
  • Pets are not permitted
  • Change clothes after a shower
  • Wear a headband to discipline yourself
  • Do not touch others’ headbands without permission
  • A headband is not to be used for any other purpose
  • Only a spouse or child may touch the headband
  • Do not bribe a law enforcer
  • Do not use a concealed weapon
  • Do not hide an edged tool
  • Do not wear any jangling objects like beads
  • Do not wear more than three accessories around your waist
  • Do not alter clothes secretly
  • Never hurt insects or plants
  • Do not borrow money

 

Rules related to personal virtues (virtues in the English sense, not the classical Chinese sense :

  • Love and respect yourself
  • Behave yourself
  • Be respectful
  • Be modest
  • Arrogance is prohibited
  • Hide your wisdom
  • Do not show off your skills
  • Be humble
  • Do not be supercilious
  • Be amicable and united
  • Be strict with yourself
  • Have a strong will and anything can be achieved
  • Diligence is the root
  • Morality is the priority
  • Harmony is the value
  • Be ethical
  • Uphold the value of justice
  • Be just
  • Shoulder the weight of morality
  • Perform acts of chivalry
  • Have courage and knowledge
  • Have courtesy and integrity
  • Do not be ill-mannered
  • Have affection and gratefulness
  • Be compassionate
  • Be generous
  • Frugality is a moral
  • Give more, take less
  • Do not expect rewards after giving
  • Do not be miserly
  • Do not regret after offering
  • Accumulate virtue and merits
  • Make sure to act virtuously
  • Be grateful
  • Be grateful when praised
  • Stop bad habits
  • Destroy the five poisons
  • Do not indulge in pleasure
  • Do not be promiscuous
  • Do not indulge in debauchery
  • Do not wallow in luxury and pleasure
  • Be peaceful when insulted
  • Do not succumb to rage ,
  • Speak meagerly, for too many words only bring harm
  • Do not be haughty and complacent
  • Do not be of two minds
  • Do not exult in excess
  • Do not grieve in excess
  • Do not covet the property of others
  • Do not steal
  • Do not be greedy
  • Be careful with your words
  • Do not use coarse language
  • Do not tell lies
  • Do not take your own words lightly
  • Do not sow discord
  • Do not use flowery writing
  • Do not go back on your word
  • Do not boast about your own strengths
  • Believe sincerely
  • Do not be suspicious
  • Do not be wasteful
  • Do not break faith and abandon right
  • Do not be unreasonable

 

Rules for training, studying and learning:

  • Learning comes first
  • Train your body and your mind
  • Maintain your own discipline
  • Organize work properly
  • Do not neglect your studies
  • Do not give up on learning
  • Do not lose your life goal
  • Nurture aspirations

 

Rules for interacting with others:

  • Love all beings
  • Embrace the entirety of the world
  • Honor good people
  • Appreciate the good people
  • Good people will be esteemed, blessed by natured, and accompanied by good fortune
  • Respect the filial ones
  • Be fair, and they will follow you
  • Be trustworthy, and they will believe you
  • Be mighty, and they will die for you
  • Be loyal
  • Earn trust
  • Win friendships with kindness
  • See friends as neighbors
  • Steer away from bad men
  • Correct others by correcting yourself
  • Do not fear the strong
  • Do not ignore others and be undisciplined
  • Help the lonely
  • Take pity on the desolate
  • Do not despise poverty
  • Do not bully the weak
  • Do not mix public and private interests
  • Help the underprivileged
  • Care for the weak
  • Lend a hand to those in need
  • Rescue those in danger
  • Do not take advantage of your position or connections to oppress others
  • Do not build wealth by using others, for this wealth won’t last
  • Do not curry favor
  • Do not go tuft-hunting
  • Do not be a social climber
  • Do not form a clique and exclude others
  • Do not insult people
  • Do not use bad words to hurt others
  • Do not tease others
  • Do not praise yourself and slander others
  • Do not jump to an unfounded conclusion
  • Do not judge others behind their back
  • Speak not about other people’s weaknesses
  • Be easy on others
  • Be sad for other people’s sufferings
  • Rejoice in other people’s blessings
  • Regard other people’s gains and losses as your own
  • Do not hold grudges
  • Have wins and losses
  • If others win over you, do not envy
  • If others lose to you, do not look down
  • Do not take apprentices excessively, nor pass ordinary people
  • Interacting with Wei Wuxian is forbidden.

 

Rules for respecting those in authority:

  • Respect the elderly
  • Do not disrespect the elder
  • Do not disregard the younger
  • Do not forget the grace of the forefathers
  • Be loyal, filial, friendly and dutiful
  • Be a filial child
  • Do not argue with your family, for it doesn’t matter who wins
  • Honor the teachers and respect the elders
  • If your senior is standing, you may not sit until they have done so
  • Teachers have extensive knowledge and are examples of moral integrity
  • Disturbing female cultivators is prohibited

 

Rules on cultivation, good and evil:

  • Concentrate on cultivating
  • To suppress and eliminate ghosts and monsters, liberate them
  • Stay on the righteous path
  • Take the straight path
  • Reject the crooked road
  • Eliminate evil and establish a just law
  • Do not associate with evil
  • Do not befriend the evil
  • Do not fall to evil
  • Resist evil
  • Promote good

Dev's Note: I did not compile this, just put it all on a personal site with ~fancy~ css because I wanted to. Also the doc for this thing was 6 pages long! Props to MXTX for finding the time to make all these rules. If I was her I would have ascended with Xie Lian by now. TwT
Also the only thing all 4 sources agreed on was no alchohol, so there's a fun fact.