己所不欲，勿施於人

See also: 己所不欲，勿施于人

Chinese

		6th heavenly stem; self	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	not; no	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish		do not	distribute (alms); to do; to execute distribute (alms); to do; to execute; to carry out	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname	man; person; people
trad. (己所不欲，勿施於人)		己	所	不	欲	，	勿	施	於	人
simp. (己所不欲，勿施于人)		己	所	不	欲	，	勿	施	于	人

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 12 (《論語·顏淵》):

仲弓問仁。子曰：「出門如見大賓，使民如承大祭。己所不欲，勿施於人。在邦無怨，在家無怨。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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仲弓问仁。子曰：「出门如见大宾，使民如承大祭。己所不欲，勿施于人。在邦无怨，在家无怨。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zhònggōng wèn rén. Zǐyuē: “Chūmén rú jiàn dà bīn, shǐ mín rú chéng dà jì. Jǐ suǒ bù yù, wù shī yú rén. Zài bāng wú yuàn, zài jiā wú yuàn.” [Pinyin]

Zhonggong asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "It is, when you go abroad, to behave to every one as if you were receiving a great guest; to employ the people as if you were assisting at a great sacrifice; not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself; to have no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐsuǒbùyù, wùshīyúrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ , ㄨˋ ㄕ ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei² so² bat¹ juk⁶, mat⁶ si¹ jyu¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kí só͘ put-io̍k, bu̍t si î jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐsuǒbùyù, wùshīyúrén [Phonetic: jísuǒbúyù,wùshīyúrén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ , ㄨˋ ㄕ ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐsuǒbùyù, wùshihyúrén
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-so³-pu⁴-yü⁴, wu⁴-shih¹-yü²-jên²
    • Yale: jǐ-swǒ-bù-yù-, wù-shr̄-yú-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiisuoobuyuh, wuhshyyuren
    • Palladius: цзисобуюй, ушиюйжэнь (czisobujuj, ušijujžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ y³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei² so² bat¹ juk⁶, mat⁶ si¹ jyu¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: géi só bāt yuhk, maht sī yū yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei² so² bat⁷ juk⁹, mat⁹ si¹ jy¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi² so² bed¹ yug⁶, med⁶ xi¹ yu¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵ sɔː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ jʊk̚² mɐt̚² siː⁵⁵ jyː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí só͘ put-io̍k, bu̍t si î jîn
    • Tâi-lô: kí sóo put-io̍k, bu̍t si î jîn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ put̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚⁴ but̚⁴⁻³² si⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³⁻³³ zin²³/

Idiom

己所不欲，勿施於人

1. Do not do unto others what you would not like others to do unto yourself.

Descendants

• → Japanese: 己の欲せざる所は人に施すなかれ (calque) (kundoku form)