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See also: 贤臣

		worthy (person)	statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official
trad. (賢臣)		賢	臣
simp. (贤臣)		贤	臣

賢臣

(literary) a talented minister; a talented subject
- c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 3 and Chapter 14
  良禽擇木而棲，賢臣擇主而事。
  A good bird chooses (for himself) the tree upon which to perch, the talented subject chooses (for himself) the lord that he shall serve.