What does Mozi think is the foundation of politics?

Shang Xian. ?

Source: Mozi Shang Xian

Original:

Proud, a wise man can't help but lift it; If you are not proud, a wise man must lift it. If you want to describe Yao Shunyu's way of soup, you can't help Shang Xian. A virtuous husband is the foundation of politics.

explanation:

When you are proud, you must use the wise men; When you are not satisfied, you must not use wise men. If you want to inherit the road of Yao Shunyu Tang, you have to go to Shang Xian. Shang Xian is the foundation of politics. The so-called Shang Xian means to respect and admire talents, that is, to appoint people with ability and political integrity to serve the country.

expanding information

Mozi believes that "Shang Xian" is the foundation of managing the country, and the key to the rise and fall of the country lies in employing people. He said: "If there are a large number of virtuous people in the state, the governance of the country will be thick;" If there are few virtuous people, the country will be governed thinly.

Therefore, the adult's business will only depend on the sages. " Mozi's thought of "Shang Xian" is an important part of Mozi's social and political theory, and his views on talent, talent selection and "enabling" still have important reference value for promoting the modernization of state governance today.

among the pre-Qin philosophers, it was Confucius who put forward the idea of "promoting talents" earlier. However, Mozi paid the most attention to Shang Xian thought, and the essence of Mozi's "Shang Xian" thought was mainly reflected in his three Shang Xian.

Mozi believes that the amount of high value-added human capital (virtuous people) determines the survival or demise of a country. Respecting talents is not only the key to governing the country, but also the foundation of national politics. He believes that a wise man is "the treasure of the country and the aid of the country", and that a person who is expensive and wise can manage a foolish and mean person well, while managing a person who is expensive and wise with a foolish and mean person will cause trouble.