The Way to Serve a Ruler: “Do Not Deceive, But Do Not Shrink from Offending”

By / / admonition, courage, integrity, serving a ruler, The Analects, Xian Wen XIV, Xian Wen XIV Chapter 22
Confucius said: “In serving a ruler, do not deceive him, but withstand him to his face.”

Do not impose on him, and, moreover, withstand him to his face.

勿欺也，而犯之。

Source: The Analects, Xian Wen XIV, Chapter 22

Author: Confucius

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