The kindergarten's founding principle is 'extend that care to the young of others.'
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history
Fragment of a signature line from 《孟子·梁惠王上》 (Mencius, Book 1A): 老吾老，以及人之老；幼吾幼，以及人之幼 — 'honor my elders and extend that to the elders of others; cherish my young and extend that to the young of others.' The classical Confucian formulation of extending family-style benevolence to all.
usage
Rarely quoted on its own — usually read as the tail of the second couplet 幼吾幼以及人之幼, or as part of the longer paired formulation with 老吾老以及人之老. CC-CEDICT records 幼吾幼，以及人之幼 as a full idiom meaning 'to care for others' children as one's own.'
