# Duke Ting — Analects character guide

> Duke Ting in Analects by Confucius.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Duke Ting, XV The Duke Ting

**First appearance:** 0000-book-i-hsio-r

## Who they are

A ruler of Lû, who asks Confucius about the conduct of a prince and the employment of ministers.

## In the story

### [Book III: Pa Yih](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/analects_se/chapters/book-iii-pa-yih)

Asks how a prince should employ his ministers and how ministers should serve their prince; Confucius replies with the rules of propriety and faithfulness.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/analects_se/chapters/xix)

Asks Confucius how a prince should employ his ministers and how ministers should serve their prince.

### [Book XIII: Tsze-Lû](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/analects_se/chapters/book-xiii-tsze-l)

Asks whether a single sentence can make a country prosperous or ruin it, receiving Confucius's nuanced reply.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/analects_se/chapters/xv)

Asks Confucius about the potential of a single sentence to bring prosperity or ruin to a country.

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