Universal love is to regard another’s state as one’s own. A person of universal love will take care of his friend as he does of himself, and take care of his friend’s parents as his own.
Mo Tzu
Universal Love
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“Universal love is to regard another’s state as one’s own. A person of universal love will take care of his friend as he does of himself, and take care of his friend’s parents as his own.”
Mo Tzu
TaoismThe Book of Mozi
Gensler, Harry. “Golden Rule Chronology.” The Golden Rule Chronology, Rev., Dr. Harry Gensler S.J., www.harryhiker.com/chronology.htm, [Mo Tzu, Book of Mozi, Ch. 4].
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Mo Tzu, Book of Mozi, Ch. 4
Mo Tzu founded an ancient school of Chinese philosophy that evolved around the same era as Confucianism, and Taoism and was one of four main schools of philosophy (around 770-221 BC). It survived as the book of Mozi that eventually became a part of the Taoist canon.
The Golden Rule Chronology
c. 479-438 BC Mo Tzu in China teaches the golden rule: “Universal love is to regard another’s state as one’s own. A person of universal love will take care of his friend as he does of himself, and take care of his friend’s parents as his own. So when he finds his friend hungry he will feed him, and when he finds him cold he will clothe him.” (Book of Mozi, ch. 4)
–Rev., Dr. Harry Gensler S.J. [The Golden Rule Chronology].