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Zigong asked, “Is there one word that can be practiced for a lifetime?” The Master said, “Perhaps it is ‘shu’ (reciprocity)! Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.”
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The Master said:“The Way is not distant from people.If one pursues the Way in a way that estranges it from human life, it cannot be called the true Way.”
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7.9 If at a meal the Master found himself seated next to someone who was in mourning, he did not eat his fill.
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4.15 The Master said, “Shen! My Way (Dao) has one (thread) that runs right through it.”