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《事君 - The Service of the Ruler》

English translation: James Legge [?] Library Resources
1 事君:
子曰:「君子之事上也,進思盡忠,退思補過,將順其美,匡救其惡,故上下能相親也。《》云:『心乎愛矣,遐不謂矣,中心藏之,何日忘之。』」
The Service of the...:
The Master said, "The superior man serves his ruler in such a way that, when at court in his presence, his thought is how to discharge his loyal duty to the utmost, and when he retires from it, his thought is how to amend his errors. He carries out with deference the measures springing from his excellent qualities and rectifies him (only) to save him from what are evil. Hence, as the superior and inferior, they are able to have an affection for each other.
It is said in the Book of Poetry: In my heart I love him, And why should I not say so? In the core of my heart I keep him, And never will forget him."

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