The reigning prince of Confucius' native State asked Confucius how a prince should treat his public servent and how a public servant should behave to his prince.

"Let the prince,"answered Confucius,"treat his public servant with honour. The public servant must serve the prince, his master, with loyalty."

中文：定公問：“君使臣。臣事君，如之何？” 孔子對曰：“君使臣以禮，臣事君以忠?！?br>

注釋：孔子故國的一位執(zhí)政國君問孔子，以為國君應(yīng)該如何對待他的公務(wù)人員，而一個(gè)公務(wù)人員對他的國君又該如何表現(xiàn)。

? ?“讓國君，”孔子回答說，“以尊敬之心對待他的公務(wù)人員。而公務(wù)人員則必須以忠誠來服務(wù)于他的國君，他的主人。”