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Analects of Confucius · Chapter 15: Book XV: WEI LING KUNG

Analects of Confucius 15.23

translated from Classical Chinese by James Legge, 1893

Tsze-kung 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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