Stick to the rules

Stick to the rules

To stick to the rules without changing them.

[source] Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty wrote in his new preface, Jieshi: "the son died for his father without hatred, and kept his integrity. Although he was killed by the iron Yue, he was not afraid."

[example] in the biography of Du Shu in the annals of the Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou of the Jin Dynasty, Pei Songzhi noted: "in the early Jin Dynasty, he received Zen, so as not to reach the destiny, to keep his integrity, to cut off the nobility and land, and to move to Wuqi."

It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial