Mozi was the founder of Mohism and a famous thinker, educator, scientist and strategist in the Warring States period. Mozi is the only philosopher born as a farmer in the history of China. He founded Mohism, which had a great influence in the pre-Qin period and was called "outstanding learning" with Confucianism.
Mozi put forward many viewpoints, such as "universal love", "non-aggression", "Shang Xian", "Shang Tong", "ambition", "ghost", "non-happiness" and "frugality". During the Warring States period, Mozi's main idea was to regard universal love as the core of his social ethics, and believed that the root of social unrest at that time was that people could not love all.
Mozi advocated the idea that "the two are easy to change" and opposed the Confucian view that "love is inferior". He put forward "love each other, mutual benefit", which linked fraternity with the equality and mutual benefit of people's material interests, showing the importance of utilitarianism. Mozi's thoughts of Shang Xian, Shang Tong, frugality and non-aggression are all based on universal love, and he hopes to solve social contradictions by advocating universal love.
Universal love is based on providence, which leads to the love, nurturing and tolerance of all things. The conclusion is that people should also love, nurture and tolerate everything. Think of you as me, you are me, I am you, what will happen to me?
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"Everyone in the world loves each other, and the strong don't hold the weak, and the public don't rob the widowed ..." This passage is in the original and translation of Love for All.
If it is wrong, how can it be easy? Zi Mozi said: look at the country of people, if you look at its country; Treat others' homes as their own; Look at a person's body, if you look at his body. Therefore, if princes love each other, they will not compete; If the masters love each other, they will not usurp each other; If people love each other, they will not be thieves; When the monarch and the minister love each other, there must be loyalty; Father and son love each other, that is filial piety; Brothers love each other and are happy.
Everyone in the world loves each other. The strong don't hold the weak, the public doesn't rob the widowed, the rich don't bully the poor, the expensive don't be arrogant, and the deceivers don't bully the fools. All disasters in the world usurp resentment, so that those who do not ascend are born with love. Be praised by benevolent people.
Since not loving each other is considered wrong, what can be done to change it? Mozi said: "instead, everyone loves each other and brings out the best in each other." In this case, what should we do if everyone loves each other and benefits from each other?
Mozi said, "Look at a country as your own, others as your own, and people as your own."
Therefore, when princes fall in love, there will be no field battle; When the heads of families love each other, there will be no looting; If people love each other, they will not hurt each other; When you love each other, you will benefit and be loyal to each other; Father and son love each other, they will love each other and respect each other; Brothers love each other, and they will be harmonious and coordinated.
People all over the world love each other, so the strong will not control the weak, the majority will not force the few, the rich will not bully the poor, the noble will not look down on the humble, and the cunning will not deceive the stupid. All disasters, plunders, complaints and resentments in the world cannot be caused because of love. So the benevolent praised it.
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