“Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for life?” Confucius replied, “It is the word shu – reciprocity: Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.”
Confucius
A Principle of Conduct
Topic: Virtue, Morality, & Ethics
Tsekung asked, “Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for life?” Confucius replied, “It is the word shu – reciprocity: Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.”
Confucius
ConfucianismThe Analects
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 114 [Analects 15.23].
Confucius
Theme: Golden Rule
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Analects 15.23
The Golden Rule Chronology
551-479 BCE Confucius sums up his teaching as: “Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you”–Confucius (Analects 15:23).
–Rev., Dr. Harry Gensler S.J. [The Golden Rule Chronology].