역지사지

Korean

Etymology

Derived from 역지즉개연 (yeog-ji-jeug-gae-yeon, “great minds think alike; all roads lead to Rome”), as mentioned in Mencius (孟子, 맹자, c. 4th century BCE), a Confucian classic and one of the Four Books.

Proverb

역지사지 • (yeokjisaji) (易地思之, yeog-ji-sa-ji)

  1. do unto others as you would have them do unto you; one should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.
  2. don't do unto others what you wouldn't have them do unto you; one should not treat others as one would not like to be treated.

Antonyms
  • 역지즉개연 (易地則皆然, yeog-ji-jeug-gae-yeon)

References
  • The article of Dusan Encyclopedia (in Korean)
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