己 所 不 欲，勿 施 于 人

jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú réndictionary entry

What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

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Original source entry:

己所不欲，勿施於人 己所不欲，勿施于人 [ji3 suo3 bu4 yu4 , wu4 shi1 yu2 ren2] /What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)/Do as you would be done by./Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you./

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己所不欲勿施于人

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