“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
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