Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician and philosopher born in 551 BC. He emphasized good order in all things, including how we are to treat others. He was a strong believer in the idea that the family was the foundation for a strong community and government, and that justice and integrity would be learned and practiced in those relationships. His expression of The Golden Rule is nearly identical to the one we find in the New Testament: “What you do not like if done to yourself, do not do to others.”
In an era where we reject rules and paradigms, we would be wise to consider that every culture that has ever taken seriously what is best for the whole of its people has put forth principles of good order and structure. Wherever men seek to live together in peace, there The Golden Rule will be found.
Heather Choate Davis 