敬賢禮士

From 虞溥 (Yu Pu)'s《江表傳》 Accounts from the Area South of the Yangtze River, quoted in Pei Songzhi's Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms:

• 孫討虜聰明仁惠，敬賢禮士，江表英豪，咸歸附之，已據有六郡，兵精糧多，足以立事。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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  孙讨虏聪明仁惠，敬贤礼士，江表英豪，咸归附之，已据有六郡，兵精粮多，足以立事。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

  From: Pei Songzhi, Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 5^th century CE

  Sūn Tǎolǔ cōngmíng rénhuì, jìngxiánlǐshì, Jiāngbiǎo yīngháo, xián guīfù zhī, yǐ jù yǒu liùjùn, bīngjīng liángduō, zú yǐ lìshì. [Pinyin]

  Sun Quan, the Brigand-Queller, is brilliant and compassionate. He treats worthies with respect and elites with courtesy. The heroes and braves south of the Yangtze have all attached themselves to him. He already holds six commanderies, and his troops are superb and grain supplies, plentiful. It is enough for an undertaking.

敬賢禮士

1. to respect people of talent and ability (said of a superior)

• 好賢禮士／好贤礼士 (hàoxiánlǐshì)