I think honoring ONESELF is most important. Whenever we seek honor from the external there is some part in us that feels unhonorable. We try to fill our inner lack of Self-honor with externally deduced honor. Yet only Self-honor is based on longevity. Externally derived honor makes us dependent. Our entire Beigness' worth depends on external approval.

Nevertheless, I find the different honor systems very interesting and how it reflects itself in the language as well, for example in the Korean language the endings -해, -해요, -합니다!

Interesting topic indeed!