己所不欲，勿施于人 in English ji3 suo3 bu4 yu4 , wu4 shi1 yu2 ren2 Meaning

Meanings

  • What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiomatic expression, 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.

Simplified Characters

己 所 不 欲 ， 勿 施 于 人

Traditional Characters

己 所 不 欲 ， 勿 施 於 人

Pinyin

ji3 suo3 bu4 yu4 , wu4 shi1 yu2 ren2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

己ji3self 所suo3actually 不bu4(negative prefix) 欲yu4desire ， 勿wu4do not 施shi1surname Shi 于yu2surname Yu 人ren2man