MythicLao-tse's "return good for evil," anticipating Jesus
UBJesus' teaching of returning good for evil
Jesus' teaching of returning good for evil = Lao-tse's "return good for evil," anticipating Jesus
The Connection
The UB notes that Lao-tse's teaching to "return good for evil" was one of the earliest formulations of a principle Jesus would later elevate to central doctrine. This is not coincidence but a direct lineage: Salem missionary teaching preserved in Chinese philosophy independently arrived at the same ethical conclusion Jesus would proclaim 600 years later.
UB Citation
Academic Source
Lao-tse, Tao Te Ching ch. 63; LaFargue, The Tao of the Tao Te Ching (1992)
Historical Evidence(Moderate evidence)
The Tao Te Ching chapter 63 states: "Repay injury with kindness." The UB identifies this as one of the most advanced ethical teachings to emerge from the Salem tradition, predating Jesus by six centuries. Michael LaFargue documents this passage as central to Taoist ethics. The parallel with Jesus' "love your enemies" (Matthew 5:44) is direct and structural, and the UB explains both as expressions of the same underlying truth transmitted through different cultural channels.
Related Mappings
Singlangton, yellow race spiritual leader (~100,000 BC)
= "One Truth" tradition → Tao / the Way
Andite traditions of Eden and Dalamatia carried east
= Chinese "Land of the Gods in the West," Kunlun mythology
Machiventa Melchizedek, his incarnation remembered in Japan
= Shinto awareness of a divine incarnation at Salem
Soul and spirit, dual inner realities
= Yang and Yin, complementary cosmic forces