Ding Gong asked, "What if the monarch lets an envoy and the minister serve the monarch?" Confucius said, "The monarch makes the minister polite, and the minister is loyal to the monarch." Eight letters of the Analects of Confucius. The appointment of courtiers by the king should conform to the etiquette norms, and courtiers should mainly be loyal to the king.
2. If you treat your minister as a brother, then I will treat you as a heart; If you treat me like a dog or a horse, then I will treat you like a Chinese; If you treat me like dirt, then I treat you like an enemy.
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Mencius said to Qi Xuanwang, "I am like a brother, then I am like a heart." If you treat me like a dog or a horse, then I will treat you like a Chinese; If you treat me like dirt, then I treat you like an enemy. "
Chapter II Mencius and Li Lou
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Mencius told Qi Xuanwang: "The monarch regards the vassal as his own hands and feet, and then the vassal will regard the monarch as his own heart;" The monarch treats his lieutenants as dogs and horses, and then his lieutenants will treat the monarch as ordinary people; The monarch regards his deputies as dirt, and then his deputies will regard the monarch as an enemy. "