Confucian Analects · Analects 3.18
The Master said, 'The full observance of the rules of propriety in serving one's prince is accounted by people to be flattery.'
Chinese · source text【十八章】子曰、事君盡禮、人以為諂也。
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Confucius · English translation by James Legge · bilingual transcription
James Legge, The Chinese Classics, Volume 1: Confucian Analects · Project Gutenberg #4094
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