“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

Confucianism
The Analects

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 114 [Analects 15.23].

Confucius