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Mozi: Basic Writings

Mozi: Basic Writings

Watson, Burton

Paperback

Series: Translations from the Asian Classics

Literary CriticismConfucianismGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 0231130015
ISBN13: 9780231130011
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: Jul 14 2003
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.32 Depth: 7.94
Language: English
Mozi (fifth century B.C.) was an important political and social thinker and formidable rival of the Confucianists. He advocated universal love--his most important doctrine according to which all humankind should be loved and treated as one's kinfolk--honoring and making use of worthy men in government, and identifying with one's superior as a means of establishing uniform moral standards. He also believed in the will of Heaven and in ghosts. He firmly opposed offensive warfare, extravagance--including indulgence in music and allied pleasures--elaborate funerals and mourning, fatalistic beliefs, and Confucianism.

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