己所不欲，勿施于人

Traditional form:

己所不欲，勿施於人

Pinyin (reading):

jǐsuǒbùyù,wùshīyúrén

Definitions:

• 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.

Characters:

• 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 欲 - desire, want, longing, intent
• 勿 - must not, do not; without, never
• 施 - to grant, to bestow; to act; surname
• 于 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 人 - man, person; people

Traditional characters:

• 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 欲 - desire, want, longing, intent
• 勿 - must not, do not; without, never
• 施 - to grant, to bestow; to act; surname
• 於 - at, in, on; to, from; alas!
• 人 - man, person; people