Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 3: 《八佾》 Ba Yi (Eight Rows)

《八佾》 Passage 3.19

定公問:「君使臣,臣事君,如之何?」孔子對曰:「君使臣以禮,臣事君以忠。」

Legge Translation (1861)

The Duke Ding asked how a prince should employ his ministers, and how ministers should serve their prince. Confucius replied: "A prince should employ his minister according to the rules of propriety; ministers should serve their prince with faithfulness."
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