Mozi's famous sayings

Mozi was a native of the Song Dynasty in the late Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the early Warring States Period. He was the founder of the Mohist school and a famous thinker, scientist and educator during the Warring States Period.

Mozi's famous sayings

Mozi's famous sayings are the sayings of Mozi. Mozi traveled around the world and studied in various places. Through continuous learning and understanding, he gradually formed his own school of thought. He also left many warning quotes, which were called "Mozi's famous quotes" by later generations. Mozi's disciples collected and compiled Mozi's famous sayings and published them as "Mozi".

Mozi’s famous sayings all reflect Mozi’s thoughts, namely "universal love", "non-aggression", "salvation of the virtuous", "shangtong", "Heaven's will", "Minggui", " "Fei Ming", "Fei Dong", "Jie Burial", "Jie Tong" and other views.

Mozi's famous quotes all reveal Mozi's views and understanding of life and study. When Mozi saw people dyeing silk, he said this famous saying: If dyed with green, it will be green; if dyed with yellow, it will be yellow. It means that the fabric will be dyed with whatever color dye is used when dyeing the fabric. It means that everyone's thoughts and consciousness will change with the changes of the environment. The environment not only affects people, but also cultivates people.

Mozi also cared about the country and the people. During his travels around the countries, he once prevented wars between countries. He even said: Today, no matter how big or small, everything belongs to heaven. Yiye. No one is young or old, high or low, they are all ministers of heaven. This famous saying of Mozi tells the world that all countries and people are equal, and there is no distinction between high and low. This is a warning to the world about the principle of "universal love".

The famous saying of Mozi, "There are those who swim in the door of Zimozi", further illustrates that Mozi is a good teacher and is the embodiment of Mozi's persuasion to people to learn.

Mozi’s famous sayings not only show the Mohist thoughts to future generations, but also allow future generations to learn many warnings from them. They are also a treasure handed down from generation to generation of the Chinese nation. Mozi spoke a lot but did not argue

Mozi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a great thinker, politician, and military strategist in the history of our country. He founded Mohist school and wrote the book "Mozi".

Portrait of Mozi

Mozi said a lot, but rarely modified it. Mozi’s remarks were simple and direct, without too many gorgeous words. This is what is called too much speech. Instead of arguing.

Mozi’s intention in doing this is just to make people remember the purpose of his words, rather than his gorgeous literary talent. His words are direct and clear, which is unpleasant to listen to and not eye-catching to read. But the meaning of the words is profound. If you read it carefully, you will deeply understand the meaning of the conversation. Without modifications or fancy words, the original meaning of the words will not be ignored because of the fancy words, and people will only remember those beautiful words.

Just like those who sell things, they just put on the appearance, but forget the essence of the things they want to sell. People only care about looking at the store, but forget the real purpose of coming here. Those who marry their daughters are too pretentious. The bridesmaid and the writer describe the supporting characters too much. It can also be said that they pay too much attention to the writing style and ignore the plot to be expressed. The beautiful words and scenes are like a soap opera, and people can only remember those beautiful faces. and beautiful scenes, but forgot what the play expressed.

If you blindly focus on modifying the surface and glamorizing the supporting characters, people will focus on those accessories and ignore the protagonist and the original meaning. Mozi’s remarks focus on avoiding After this shortcoming, the gorgeous words and sentences are not allowed to make people ignore the original meaning of the words.

Although such remarks are not pleasing to the eye, they can make it easier for people to remember the original meaning of the words rather than the beautiful words. In this way, although the words are too boring, they will not lose their expression. The original intention that the person wants to express. The story of Mozi

Mozi liked to talk about Neo-Confucianism. He always advocated diligence, thrift, hard work and hard work. He disliked extravagance and luxury. Mozi once debated such a topic with Confucianism. The representative of Confucianism He believes that a gentleman should be like a bell, which means that if you strike the bell, it will ring. For a gentleman, if you don't ask him, he will never answer. If you ask him, he will answer. Mozi replied Come on, it’s your bell, I didn’t ring it for you, why did you ring it? The Confucian representatives failed to debate in the end, which is also talked about by future generations.

Mozi Sculpture

Let’s tell another story about Mozi choosing his disciples. Mozi was a human thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He accepted a disciple named Gengzhu, who was called Gengzhu. Many people think that Gengzhu is the best disciple of Mozi. Of course, Gengzhu himself is indeed better than others in all aspects, which also makes Gengzhu himself particularly confident.

But Mozi didn't seem to think so. He often criticized Gengzhu, and gradually Gengzhu felt very sad. One day, he finally couldn't hold it back and went to Mozi to ask clearly: "Teacher, Among all the disciples, although I may not be the best, I should not be the worst, but why does the teacher always criticize me? ”

Mozi did not answer his question directly. Instead, he threw a new question to him: "If I go to the battlefield to fight, should I use a sharp blade or a wooden stick?

The plow column replied easily: "Of course. It's a sharp edge." Mozi then asked "Why?" Gengzhu replied: "The purpose of killing the enemy on the battlefield is to use the appropriate weapon in the appropriate place. This is common sense." Mozi smiled and replied: "To me, you are like a sharp blade on the battlefield, capable of taking responsibility and worthy of use, so I will continue to impose strict requirements on your behavior and correct your behavior." After hearing this, Zhu finally understood the teacher's good intentions and eventually became a disciple with excellent moral character.

The image of Mozi

Among them, he was related to Mozi. There are many most destined disciples of Zi, for example: Qin Huali of Wei State learned Mohism from Mozi and got the essence of Mozi's theory. Also because Qin Huali was proficient in offensive and defensive tactics, Mozi prevented Chu State from attacking Song State. He also played an important role in the incident. He led 300 Mohist disciples to guard Song City, as well as Gao Shizi who once served in the Wei Kingdom, Gong Shangguo, who served as an official in Yue Dynasty, lobbied the King of Yue with Mozi's teachings, and Mozi very There is also a story called Mo Nu Plowing the Pillar. Mozi compared horses and oxen to tell the story of Plowing the Pillar because the horse has the ability to climb the Taihang Mountains. Horse, in order to encourage his students to keep making progress, keep working hard, and then truly assume their responsibilities. It is precisely because of this story that the idiom "quick horse whip" comes into being. This is also a warning to our future generations!

Some scholars believe that most of the chapters in the book "Mozi" were recorded by Mozi's disciples. One of the categories in "Mozi" can be said to be the Mohist art of war. Mozi advocated the principle of defense. Lord, there is also a saying called conformity, and this Mohist art of war was carefully studied by Mohist disciples. Although in "Mozi", the conversations between Mozi and his disciples are extreme and impersonal, he did not leave any traces. There was no detailed explanation of his personal life experience, not even his surname and nationality.