Editing Golden Rule (section)

===Chinese religions===
{{See also|East Asian religions}}

====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>

====Taoism====
{{See also|Taoism}}
{{blockquote|The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind: for Virtue is kind. He is faithful to the faithful; he is also faithful to the unfaithful: for Virtue is faithful.|''[[Tao Te Ching]]'', Chapter 49}}
{{blockquote|Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss.|[[Treatise On the Response of the Tao|T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien]]}}

====Mohism====
{{See also|Mohism}}
{{blockquote|If people regarded other people's states in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own state to attack that of another? For one would do for others as one would do for oneself. If people regarded other people's cities in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own city to attack that of another? For one would do for others as one would do for oneself. If people regarded other people's families in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own family to attack that of another? For one would do for others as one would do for oneself. And so if states and cities do not attack one another and families do not wreak havoc upon and steal from one another, would this be a harm to the world or a benefit? Of course one must say it is a benefit to the world.|[[Mozi]], {{circa|400 BCE}}<ref>Ivanhoe and Van Norden translation, 68–69</ref>}}

Mozi regarded the Golden Rule as a corollary to the cardinal virtue of impartiality, and encouraged [[egalitarianism]] and selflessness in relationships.