When asked about benevolence, Confucius answered: "Love people."

Goodness means to show concern to every one. Confucius held that "All within the Four Seas are brothers." One should respect
the elderly people and cherish the young whether they are your family members or not.

At the same time, assistance to other people should be sincere, for "You may rob the Three Armies of their commander-in-chief, but you cannot deprive the humblest peasant of his opinion". While helping others, one should pay attention to a person's own choice and will: "Do not do to others what you would not like yourself." And don't force your views on others, but respect the dignity and personality of others. On the other hand, "To make accomplishment you must help others to be accomplished too." That means aspirationscan be more easily achieved if you help others realize their goals first.

To the ruling party, Goodness means to treat the common people as human beings rather than with utter disregard for human life Confucius was against any rule that would cause the physical injury of mankind. He protested against the barbarous behavior of burying slaves alive with their dead masters. It was equally not desirable to settle a dispute with the use of force or deliberately provokean aggressive war.