【原文】
定公(1)問:「君使臣,臣事君,如之何?」孔子對曰:「君使臣以禮,臣事君以忠。」
【英文】
Duke Ding asked, “How should the ruler employ the services of his subjects? And how should a subject serve his ruler?”
Confucius answered, “The ruler should employ the services of his subjects in accordance with the rites. A subject should serve his ruler by doing his utmost.”
【注釋】
(1)定公,魯君名宋,定其諡,哀公之父。
【翻譯】
魯定公問孔子:「君上命令臣下,臣下事奉君上,應該如何才對呢?」孔子回答:「君主命令臣下要依禮,臣子事奉國君要盡忠。」
【主旨】非儀禮時之禮,或禮在日常時之真實,對人之禮。
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