Mozi (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2)

Author: Mozi
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Mozi is a comprehensive compilation of the works of Mozi, a renowned thinker and statesman during the Warring States period, as well as his disciples and later scholars. The original text consisted of seventy-one chapters, but it gradually diminished after the Six Dynasties period, leaving only fifty-three chapters preserved today. Mozi covers a wide range of topics, including politics, military strategy, philosophy, ethics, economics, logic, and science, making it the primary representative work of the Mohist school. The book primarily reflects Mozi's ten core principles: universal love, non-aggression, meritocracy, conformity, frugality in spending, frugality in funerals, opposition to music, belief in Heaven's will, belief in ghosts, and opposition to fate. This English translation is based on Sun Yixiang's Commentary on Mozi, while also referencing over ten different editions and modern translations, making it a complete English translation of Mozi.