Date
February 14, 2022
Readings
Selected passages from the Analects; Chan (2000)
The Master said " …. The junzi governs persons taking them as they are, and stops [any involvement] once they’ve responded appropriately. Zhong and shu thus cannot be separate from dao. What you would not be willing to have done to you, do not impose it on others. The junzi’s dao comprises four things, and I have yet to prove capable of even one: To serve my father as I myself would expect my son to serve me, I have proved incapable. To serve my prince as I myself would expect my own minister to serve me, I have proved incapable. To serve my elder brother as I would expect my younger brother to serve me, I have proved incapable. To take the lead in favoring friends as I would expect them to favor me, I have proved incapable...”
—The ‘Application of Centeredness’ (Zhongyong 中庸) chapter of the Ritual Record (Liji 禮記), an early anthology of Confucian writings.
Analects passages
Shu 恕 (reciprocity, sympathetic understanding, perspective-taking, etc.) 4.15, (5.12), (6.30), (12.2), 15.24
Zhong 忠 (doing one's utmost for others, conscientiousness, etc.) 1.4, 1.8, 3.19, 4.15, 13.19, 15.6
Scholarly Article
Chan 2000 - Can Shu be the one word that serves as the guiding principle of caring actions.pdf287.7KB
Slides from Class
zhong and shu Feb 14.pdf78.4KB