The Analects论语

Book 14, Passage 14.22

Tsze-lu asked how a ruler should be served. The Master said, 'Do not impose on him, and, moreover, withstand him to his face.'

子路问事君,子曰:“勿欺也,而犯之。”
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子zǐ路lù问wèn事shì君jūn,子zǐ曰yuē:“勿wù欺qī也yě,而ér犯fàn之zhī。”

1Tsze-lu asked how a ruler should be served. The Master said, 'Do not impose on him, and, moreover, withstand him to his face.'

Chinese commentary · 1 notes

The notes printed with this passage in Chinese editions, kept in Chinese, for readers who come to the text that way.

犯:冒犯。指当面直言规劝。

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