When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others. The Chinese Classics - Page 141by James Legge - 1867Full view - About this book
| James Legge - Confucianism - 1909 - 356 pages
...principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others. 4. "In the way of the superior man there are four things, to not one of which have I as yet attained.—To... | |
| Robert Elliott Speer - Christianity and other religions - 1911 - 424 pages
...passive form, quite different from the Rule. . positive and active form in which Christianity knows it. "What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others," said Confucius. And this negative form allowed the doctrine of retaliation. "What do you say," asked... | |
| Robert Elliott Speer - Christianity and other religions - 1911 - 424 pages
...passive form, quite different from the Rule, positive and active form in which Christianity knows it. "What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do toothers," said Confucius. And this negative form allowed the doctrine of retaliation. "What do you... | |
| John Howard Moore - Ethics - 1912 - 224 pages
...rule is the generalization which Confucius framed for the orange race some 5oo years earlier — " What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." Buddha, who taught compassion and self-effacement to the millions of India and the East, not only urged... | |
| Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1913 - 684 pages
...By following the golden rule first enunciated by Confucius 500 years before Christ in these words: "What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do unto others," or expressed directly: "Treat others as you expect to be treated." This is the plainest,... | |
| Esther Singleton - World history - 1916 - 380 pages
...mental enunciates * •* Ģibiui??"d" constitution. Several times he gave that rule in express words : "What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." The peculiar nature of the Chinese language enabled him to express this rule by one character, which, for... | |
| Charles Francis Horne - English literature - 1917 - 446 pages
...principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from The Path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others. 4. " In the way of the superior man there are four things, to not one of which have I as yet attained.... | |
| Louise Jordan Miln - British - 1918 - 328 pages
...MILN) Adapted JTom the Play by HM VERNON and HAROLD OWEN GASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD First Published 1918 WHAT YOU DO NOT LIKE WHEN DONE TO YOURSELF DO NOT DO TO OTHERS. The Golden Rule oj Confucius. CONTENTS 1. Wu CHING Yu AND WU Li CHANG 2. AT RICE 3. THE MARRIAGE JOURNEY... | |
| Thomas Joseph Walshe - Religion - 1919 - 280 pages
...primary precepts of the moral law and the second enunciates an educational truth of the deepest import: " What you do not like when done to yourself do not do to others." " Learning undigested by thought is labour lost; thought unassisted by learning is perilous." Confucius... | |
| Basil Mathews - Missionaries - 1919 - 136 pages
...corrective — the practice towards patients of the Golden Rule of Humanity as announced by Confucius : ' What you do not like when done to yourself, do not do to others,' so familiar to us in its positive form as the great Christian counsel of perfection, in which alone... | |
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