Mozi was a great and famous thinker, educator, scientist and strategist during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was also the founder of Mohism. He is not rich, so he studied handicrafts from an early age and was good at making inventions. At first, he studied Confucianism. Later, he gave up Confucianism and started his own school in Mohism.

Mozi statue

In order to publicize his political opinions to other countries and advocate "non-merit" and "universal love", he traveled to many countries and recruited disciples along the way. There are hundreds of his elite disciples. Mozi put people first, advocated attaching importance to the reuse of labor talents, and selected talented people to take on great responsibilities, so it was deeply loved by the people, so that Mohism became the most important school at that time.

The story of Mozi's Northern Qi Dynasty tells the story of Mozi's unbelief. Mozi wanted to go to Qi to persuade soldiers, but he met a wizard by a river. The wizard said Mozi was too dark to cross the river. As a result, Mozi didn't cross the river and had to go back. The wizard said, "I told you not to go north." You don't believe me! " Mozi said: "If you say so, then southerners can't go north, northerners can't go south, and people are either black or white. Why can't they walk? " Besides, the emperor killed the North Qinglong the day before yesterday, the South Red Dragon yesterday and the West Black Dragon today. You say that, people can't move, and the world is empty? "

Mozi's implication is that when others are darker, they say it's black, while others say it's white. It's like being annoyed when you make a little mistake, but attacking other countries when you know you're wrong, bringing war to the people, but not discovering your own mistakes. Mozi has been doing two things all his life: one is to carry forward the spirit of Mohism, and the other is to run for the happiness of ordinary people. Now we should do the same. We can't just find a small mistake and ignore the big one we made.

Mozi thought: to be a monarch and a minister, we should think of the people. Based on the interests of the people, no matter which country wins or suffers in the war, it is always innocent people. The so-called universal love means equality and fraternity. Mozi asked the monarch, father and son, and brothers to get along well on the basis of equality. "Love yourself if you love yourself", Mozi believes that social poverty and inequality are caused by the fact that people all over the world don't love each other. He opposed war and demanded peace. It can also be seen that Mozi's ideological consciousness is really high, and he is brave and resourceful for the people. Although he was an ancient man two thousand years ago, he must be a pillar of today. Mozi's thought also had a considerable influence on history, and later Confucianism and Mohism stood flat.

The root cause of Mozi's reticence.

Mozi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. He is a great thinker, politician and strategist in the history of China. He founded Mohism and wrote Mozi.

Mozi's remarks are many, but rarely polished. Mozi's remarks are simple and direct, and there are not many gorgeous words. This is the so-called talking without arguing.

Mozi's intention in doing this is only to remind people of his purpose of speaking, not his gorgeous literary talent. The words are straightforward and ugly, but the words are not eye-catching. But if you look carefully, you will deeply understand the meaning of these words. Without embellishment and gorgeous words, you won't ignore the original intention of words because of gorgeous words, people will only remember those beautiful words.

Just like selling things, blindly packaging the facade, but forgetting the essence of what they want to sell, people just look at the store, but forget the real intention of coming here. Marrying a daughter, dressing up as a bridesmaid to write a book, and describing supporting roles too much can also be said to pay too much attention to writing, while ignoring the plot to be expressed, beautiful words and scenes. Just like a soap opera, people can only remember those beautiful faces and beautiful scenes.

Blindly looking at those cosmetic surfaces and gorgeous supporting roles will make people only pay attention to those accessories and ignore the protagonist and the original meaning. Mozi's remarks pay attention to avoiding this shortcoming, and don't let gorgeous words make people ignore the original intention of the words.

Although such remarks are not pleasing to the eye, they can make people easily remember the original intention of the words, not those beautiful words, so that although the words are too boring, they will not lose the original intention of the expresser.

Mozi's Translation of Luyang and Wen Jun

Attacking neighboring countries, killing their people, and taking their cattle, horses and living materials as their own will all go down in history, and will only leave a bad name when seen by future generations. This is a problem when Mozi persuaded Lu Yangjun. Next, let's analyze Mozi's persuasion skills.

Mozi means: "Zheng's ruler is not good. The monarch was repeatedly killed and starved to death for three years. Isn't this all God's punishment for them? Isn't it unnecessary for you to attack their killers again? Besides, there is no justice! " Hearing this, Luyang stopped attacking Zheng, and said a famous saying that has been passed down to this day, "The so-called acceptable people in the world may not be"! Mozi faced Wen Jun of Luyang, he didn't flatter ordinary people, and he didn't care about the status of Wen Jun of Luyang. He still remembers his original intention and speaks his mind. Therefore, Mozi persuaded Luyang Wen Jun, not for the country, nor for Luyang and Wen Jun, but for what he thought and thought. Mozi advocated "loving and not attacking". So, he won't watch Luyang and Wen Jun attack other countries and make people in other countries miserable. It can be seen that Mozi is a man of his word.

Moreover, Mozi dared to risk his life to enter the enemy country in order to convince the defeated and the king of Chu, and also showed Mozi's brave spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice in order to stop a war.

Of course, he dared to do this because he had his own considerations, not just trying to be brave. In the end, he was able to convince them because he made a plan in advance. From this, we can also see that Mozi is a brave and resourceful person.

What enlightenment does Mozi have on the metaphor of the witch girl?

Mozi, a native of Shandong during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was a famous educator and thinker in ancient China. His thoughts have a certain influence not only at that time, but also at present, which is the focus of many archaeologists. Mozi's metaphor for witches is a more interesting story.

Wu Mazi is a debater in Mozi's Female Geng Zhuzi.

Wu Mazi said to Mozi: "It is no good for you to love the whole world; I don't love everyone, and I'm not hurt. Since it has no effect, why do you think I am wrong? " Mozi said: "Now a place is on fire, and one of them wants to pour water to put out the fire;" The other man held a torch and tried to make the fire more vigorous. None of them had any effect. Which one do you like? "Pockmarked Wu said," I agree with the idea of lifting water, but I don't agree with the idea of raising fire. Mr. Mozi said, "I think I am right, too, but I don't think you are right." "

Although it was a few simple conversations, Mozi achieved the expected effect with very simple reasons. He didn't argue with others casually, just used a simple metaphor to let the other party know his thoughts and agree with them.

The above argument embodies Mozi's thought of "universal love" Mozi thinks that pockmarked Wu is wrong because his thought is egoism, not essential error. Mozi thought that egoism should not be advocated. This is the most commonly used example of Mozi's argument. In the present concept, five pockmarked seeds are logically contradictory. This question-and-answer method is also Mozi's unique logical way, which allows the other party to follow his own meaning unconsciously, thus achieving his own purpose.

What does it mean to have Mozi wandering under the door?

The "Wanderer of Mozi" came from Mozi Meng Gong, which is one of the famous sayings handed down by Mozi. It means that there was a man who traveled to Mozi's door. This famous saying takes two short stories of a man swimming to the door of Mozi as the main line, telling the world some profound meanings and truths of "a man swimming to the door of Mozi" Until today, it is still talked about by future generations.

In the first story, a man who traveled to Mozi's house was quick-witted because of his talent, so Mozi promised him an official position and asked him to learn from himself. A year later, the man asked Mozi to honor his promise and become an official that day. Mozi told this man the truth with the story of "Lu buried his father": it is an obligation for his son to bury his father, and he can't talk about conditions; It is also necessary to learn and increase knowledge, and the official position cannot be the premise of learning.

In the second story, a man traveled to Mozi's house. Mozi asked him why he didn't study to improve his knowledge. The man replied: because no one in my family reads. Taking "beauty" and "wealth" as examples, Mozi told this person that if "beauty" and "wealth" are what he pursues and yearns for, why not give them up because others don't pursue them? Similarly, learning is the most precious thing in the world. You can improve your knowledge and understand more truth without being influenced by other people's practices.

These two short stories, A Wanderer at Mozi's Gate, both reflect Mozi's efforts in persuading people to learn, hoping that more people will learn the truth in order to change themselves. It embodies Mozi's viewpoint of loving talents, and also explains to the world the profound truth of "unconditional learning" and "learning for others"

Translation of Mozi's Nu Geng Zhu

Mozi, a native of Shandong at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and the beginning of the Warring States Period, was the founder of Mohism. He wrote a lot of books and collected many disciples in his life, and Geng Zhu was one of them.

One day, Mozi was teaching, and a bird stopped on the willow tree outside the window. The bird's feathers are bright, its fur is bright and its call is euphemistic. The disciples were attracted by it and couldn't help looking out. Seeing other people's eyes stay outside, Geng Zhuzi looked out of the window out of curiosity.

Mozi saw it, left the pillar alone after class and gave him a good scolding. Geng Zhuzi didn't know why Mozi only scolded him and felt wronged. He complained, "I made fewer mistakes than others, but the teacher scolded me like this."

Mozi didn't get angry, but asked him calmly, "If you were allowed to ride horses and cows on Taihang Mountain, which one would you choose to whip?"

"Of course I will choose to whip this horse," said the farmer. Say that finish, he felt very at a loss, don't understand Mozi's intention.

Mozi kept calm and then asked, "Why did you choose to whip the horse?"

Geng immediately replied, "Since we are going to Taihang Mountain, horses can run faster than cows. Horses have the ability to run for a long time, but cows don't, so they choose to whip horses. "

Mozi smiled faintly: "You chose whipping horses because they are more capable than cows. I criticize you precisely because you are more talented than horses."

After listening to this, Geng suddenly realized that Mozi's intentions made him very moved. In the evening, he remembered what Mozi had warned him and secretly made up his mind.

From then on, he was very attentive in class and worked hard after class. After a long period of tempering, he finally became a great man.