Zichan (子產)
Chief minister of the state of Zheng in Confucius's time, whom the translator James Legge called perhaps the ablest and most upright statesman of the age.
Sayings on learning, friends and family
Confucius and his followers, Analects (Lunyu), in the Chinese text of James Legge, The Chinese Classics, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1893) · about 400 BCE (sayings of Confucius, who died in 479 BCE, collected after his death)
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子謂子產、有君子之道四焉、其行己也恭、其事上也敬、其養民也惠、其使民也義。
The Master spoke of Zichan: he had four of the gentleman’s ways. In his own conduct he was courteous; in serving his superiors, respectful; in caring for the people, kind; in employing the people, just.