食君之禄 为君分忧
“I receive the king's salary and share his worries.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
又是为谁取丹
“and who are you getting the elixir for?”
食君之禄 为君分忧
“I receive the king's salary and share his worries.”
我是陛下的臣子
“I am His Majesty's subject”
“I serve the emperor, so I must do his bidding without question regardless of the consequences.”
In traditional Chinese bureaucracy, accepting official stipends placed an absolute moral obligation on a minister to serve the sovereign unconditionally, framing unquestioned obedience as supreme civic virtue.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
receiving the ruler's salary
A literary expression used to denote an official receiving compensation and patronage from the sovereign.
sharing and alleviating the sovereign's worries
Commonly paired with '食君之禄' to describe an official's bounden duty to resolve the monarch's burdens.