A common phrase for the golden rule, that is, the positive form of cosmic moral reciprocity; complementing the silver rule in the negative form.

• don't do unto others what you wouldn't have them do unto you (namely, the silver rule in the negative form)
• do unto others (the abridged form)

do unto others as you would have them do unto you

1. (golden rule): One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself. (cf. silver rule): One should not treat others as one would not like to be treated.

   (Matthew 7:12): "all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them"

   (Luke 6:31): "as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise"

   (Global Ethic): "We must treat others as we wish others to treat us." ^[1]

• This may be worth an ultimate measure of morality.
• The golden rule may imply the silver rule, and vice versa.
• Neither golden rule (doing good) nor silver rule (doing no harm) may make sense of such retaliation as tit for tat as a social, if not moral, behavior.

• karma
• tit for tat
• quid pro quo
• as you sow, so shall you reap
• eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
• live by the sword, die by the sword
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
• turn the other cheek
• great minds think alike
• all roads lead to Rome

• don't do unto others what you wouldn't have them do unto you
• do unto others

do unto others as you would have them do unto you

1. One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself; an expression of the golden rule.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Matthew 7:12:
     :

     Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Luke 6:31:
     :

     And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

From Confucius (551-479 BC) who said: 其恕乎 己所不欲 勿施於人, literally meaning, "That is considerateness; what one wouldn't like shouldn't be done to the other," and idiomatically, "don't do unto others what you wouldn't have them do unto you," namely, the silver rule. He was in reply to Zi-gong, one of his disciples, who asked: 有一言而可以終生行之者乎, meaning "Is there a single word worth doing for life?"

己所不欲，勿施於人 (traditional, Pinyin jǐsuǒbùyù wùshīyúrén)

1. don't do unto others what you wouldn't have them do unto you, namely, the silver rule (negative form of moral reciprocity); cf. do unto others as you would have them do unto you, namely, the golden rule (positive form).
   • s:zh:論語/衛靈公第十五

     子貢問曰 有一言而可以終生行之者乎?

     子曰 其恕乎 己所不欲 勿施於人.

己所不欲，勿施於人 (traditional, Pinyin jǐsuǒbùyù wùshīyúrén)

1. do unto others as you would have done unto you

Derived from 역지즉개연 (易地則皆然, yeog-ji-jeug-gae-yeon), literally, "varying instances lead all sages to a stance," idiomatically, "great minds think alike," or figuratively, "all roads lead to Rome," as mentioned in Mencius (孟子, 맹자, c. 4th century BCE), a Confucian classic and one of the Four Books.

역지사지 • (yeokjisaji) (易地思之, yeog-ji-sa-ji)

1. (golden rule: positive form of moral reciprocity): do unto others as you would have them do unto you; one should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.

   (Matthew 7:12): "all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them"

   (Luke 6:31): "as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise"

   (Global Ethic): "We must treat others as we wish others to treat us." ^[2]

2. (silver rule: negative form of moral reciprocity): don't do unto others what you wouldn't have them do unto you; one should not treat others as one would not like to be treated.

   (Confucius): "What one wouldn't like shouldn't be done to the other." (己所不欲 勿施於人^[3]) (Wiktionary translation)

• (silver rule): 기소불욕 물시어인 (己所不欲 勿施於人, gi-so-bul-yog mul-si-eo-in) -- Confucius

• 아전인수 (我田引水, a-jeon-in-su)

• 역지즉개연 (易地則皆然, yeog-ji-jeug-gae-yeon)

• The article of Dusan Encyclopedia (in Korean)

Derived from 역지즉개연 (yeog-ji-jeug-gae-yeon, “great minds think alike; all roads lead to Rome”), as mentioned in Mencius (孟子, 맹자, c. 4th century BCE), a Confucian classic and one of the Four Books.

역지사지 • (yeokjisaji) (易地思之, yeog-ji-sa-ji)

1. do unto others as you would have them do unto you; one should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.
2. don't do unto others what you wouldn't have them do unto you; one should not treat others as one would not like to be treated.

• 아전인수 (我田引水, a-jeon-in-su)

• 역지즉개연 (易地則皆然, yeog-ji-jeug-gae-yeon)

• The article of Dusan Encyclopedia (in Korean)