Editing Golden Rule (section)

====Confucianism====
{{Anchor|Silver Rule}}
{{See also|Confucianism}}
{{verse translation|lang=zh|italicsoff=y|己所不欲，勿施於人。
|What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others.}}

{{verse translation|lang=zh|italicsoff=y|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 of Confucius] asked: "Is there any one word that could guide a person throughout life?" <br />The Master replied: "How about 'shu' [reciprocity]: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?"
|attr1=[[Confucius]], ''[[Analects]]'' XV.24|attr2=tr. David Hinton (another translation is in the online [[Chinese Text Project]])<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ctext.org/analects/wei-ling-gong |title=Confucianism, The Analects, Section 15: Wei Ling Gong, (see number 24) |author=Chinese Text Project |publisher=[[Chinese Text Project]] |access-date=29 December 2011 |author-link=Chinese Text Project |archive-date=9 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509154230/http://ctext.org/analects/wei-ling-gong |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

The same idea is also presented in V.12 and VI.30 of the ''[[Analects]]'' ({{circa|500 BCE}}), which can be found in the online [[Chinese Text Project]]. The phraseology differs from the Christian version of the Golden Rule. It does not presume to do anything unto others, but merely to avoid doing what would be harmful. It does not preclude doing good deeds and taking moral positions.

In relation to the Golden Rule, Confucian philosopher [[Mencius]] said "If one acts with a vigorous effort at the law of reciprocity, when he seeks for the realization of perfect virtue, nothing can be closer than his approximation to it."<ref>Plaks, A. H. (2015). [https://brill.com/view/journals/joch/1/2/article-p231_2.xml "Shining Ideal and Uncertain Reality: Commentaries on the 'Golden Rule' in Confucianism and Other Traditions"]. ''Journal of Chinese Humanities'', ''1''(2), 231–240. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730113852/https://brill.com/view/journals/joch/1/2/article-p231_2.xml |date=30 July 2024 }}</ref>