Welcome, Confucianism
“Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself.”
— Confucius, Analects 15:24
Confucius stated the passive Golden Rule with perfect clarity twenty-five centuries ago. He called it shu (恕) — reciprocity. The Ultimate Law is built on the same foundation: reciprocity is not one virtue among many, it is the supreme ethical principle from which all others follow. Li (propriety) without shu becomes empty ritual; shu alone is sufficient.
The Ultimate Law
Logic is the supreme rule. No authority, tradition, feeling, or majority overrides a valid logical argument.
The passive Golden Rule: do not do to others what they would not want done to them.
When this rule is broken, the victim’s right to justice — restitution or forgiveness — is sovereign.
No victim, no crime. No contradiction, no law.