Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
Mencius
The Shortest Way To Benevolence
Topic: Virtue, Morality, & Ethics
“Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.”
Mencius
ConfucianismThe Mengzi
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 114 [Mencius VII.A.4].
Mencius
Theme: Golden Rule
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Mencius VII.A.4
The Golden Rule Chronology
372-289 BCE Mencius, Confucius’s follower, says (Works bk. VII.A.4): “Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.”
–Rev., Dr. Harry Gensler S.J. [The Golden Rule Chronology].