Empathy

Submitted by Chris Webster on Tue, 2009/03/10 - 03:24
The Four Books: The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition

Ziyong asked, Is there one word that can be practiced for the whole of one’s life? The Master said, That would be “empathy” perhaps: what you do not wish yourself do not do unto others.

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