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定公问：“君使臣，臣事君，如之何？”
孔子对曰：“君使臣以礼，臣事君以忠。”
The duke Ting 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. ”
【译文】鲁定公问：“君主使用臣下，臣下服
侍君主，各应该怎么样？”孔子回答说：“君
主按照礼来使用臣下，臣下用忠心来服侍君
主。”
【解读】君臣之间的关系是相互的，只有君“使
臣以礼”，才能获得“臣事君以忠”，倘若
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