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== Teaching and Authority ==
''Category: Tsm’syen Law''  
''Page status: Working''

=== Principle ===
* Teaching correct response supports future governance.
* Failure to respond weakens authority.

=== Explanation ===
Authority is maintained through conduct.

When leaders, houses, or knowledge holders respond according to ayaawx, they demonstrate reliability, competence, and fitness to guide others. This strengthens trust and prepares future generations to recognize legitimate authority.

Failure to respond, delay, or avoidance creates uncertainty. Over time, this weakens standing, invites confusion, and risks erosion of governance.

Teaching includes:
* showing how and when to act,
* demonstrating restraint and judgment,
* making responsibility visible to those who are learning.

Future governance depends on witnessed examples in the present.

=== Cross-references ===
* [[Transmission of Law]]
* [[Role of Elders]]
* [[Jurisdiction]]
* [[Standing]]
* [[Restoration of Balance]]
* [[Witnessing]]