Exploring the Analects

Exploring the Analects

Book 15: 《衛靈公》 Wei Ling Gong (Duke Ling of Wey)

《衛靈公》 Passage 15.24

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。」

Legge Translation (1861)

Zigong asked, saying: "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?"

The Master said: "Is not RECIPROCITY such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."

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