The popular understanding is that if you can't do it yourself, you can't ask others to do it. Or what you don't want to do, don't let others do it themselves.
Desire: what you want to do;
Don't: don't;
Give: apply;
Yu: preposition, in.
Excerpted from The Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong. The famous words of Confucius, an ancient thinker and educator in China.
Analysis:
"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" was first put forward by Confucius, the ancestor of Confucianism. It can be understood as a criterion of human behavior, that is, when you ask others to do something, you are willing to do it yourself first, or you have done it yourself like others, then your request will be very reassuring; The popular understanding is that if you can't do it yourself, you can't ask others to do it.
"The Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong" records that "Zi Gong asked:' Who has a word that can be done all his life?' Confucius said,' I forgive you. Do to others what you don't want them to do to you. "
Zi Gong asked Confucius:' Is there a sentence that can be followed for life?' Confucius said:' That should be forgiveness. Never impose on others what you don't want to do. "
"Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" has become the motto that Confucianism is proud of and thinks can be overwhelming.