The Silver Rule

己所不欲,勿施於人。

"What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others."

子貢問曰:“有一言而可以終身行之者乎”?子曰:“其恕乎!己所不欲、勿施於人。”

Zi Gong [a disciple] asked: "Is there any one word that could guide a person throughout life?"

The Master replied: "How about 'reciprocity'! Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself."

Notes:

Inverse of the golden rule, "Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you."

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 The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean
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