关键词: “金规则”, 辨析, 道德, 规则, 制度

Abstract: There are remarkable wrong understanding and misunderstanding in the discussions concerning the Chinese Golden Rule, "do not impose on others what youyourself do not desire", in recent academic discussions. To sum up, those wrongunderstanding and misunderstanding find their expressions in such forms: (1) considering the Golden Rule as something that has the highest moral value; (2) doubting about or even devaluing the Golden Rule with its impossibility in practice; (3) denying the Golden Rule in one way or another; (4) thinking that the Golden Rule is unfit for modern society. However, if we look into these ideas closely, we will be sure to find that they are all untrue.

Key words: the Golden Rule, justify , morality, rules, system