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Key Takeaway: Shu (恕, shù) is a Confucian term associated with reciprocity: using one’s own response as a measure for how to treat others.

Shu (恕, shù) is a Confucian term associated with reciprocity: using one’s own response as a measure for how to treat others. Shu is closely related to Ren but should not be treated as its synonym. • What you do not wish, do not do to others • The positive golden rule • Agreement is not the same as peace

As Confucius taught in the Analects and as the Confucian tradition of virtue and self-cultivation holds, Shu (恕, shù) is a Confucian term associated with reciprocity: using one’s own response as a measure for how to treat others.

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