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.”
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.”
7.9 If at a meal the Master found himself seated next to someone who was in mourning, he did not eat his fill.
4.15 The Master said, “Shen! My Way (Dao) has one (thread) that runs right through it.”