Continuity depends on correct understanding of law
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Core Principle
Continuity depends on correct understanding of law.
Meaning
In Tsm’syen law, continuity is not maintained by repetition alone. Law endures only when it is correctly understood, applied with care, and transmitted with integrity.
Misunderstood law becomes distorted law.
General Principles
- Understanding sustains continuity: Law survives through accurate comprehension, not assumption.
- Meaning over form: Correct understanding preserves substance beyond words or procedure.
- Transmission with integrity: Law must be taught and received faithfully across generations.
- Correction is lawful care: Clarifying misunderstanding protects continuity.
- Witnessed understanding: Shared understanding is reinforced through community recognition.
Lawful practice
Correct understanding is supported by:
- interpretation grounded in Ayaawx and Adaawx
- teaching through example and lived conduct
- repetition with explanation, not rote learning
- correction offered with restraint and responsibility
- preparation of future leaders through education
Risks to continuity
Continuity is threatened when:
- interpretation drifts from Ayaawx
- law is simplified into slogans or rules
- authority replaces understanding
- teachings are taken out of context
- law is treated as static rather than lived
Limits
- Correct understanding does not permit alteration of law.
- Interpretation remains bounded by Ayaawx and trust.
- Authority does not substitute for understanding.
- Continuity requires ongoing attention and care.
Modern context
This principle protects against:
- erosion of law through misinterpretation
- bureaucratic reduction of living law
- loss of meaning in written-only systems
- intergenerational breaks in legal knowledge