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The AnalectsChapter 15 · fol. XV
Confucianism

Chapter15Wei Ling Kung — Reciprocity

The Master said, 'The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.' 14The Master said, 'He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.' 23Tsze-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.' 38The Master said, 'In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.'
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