Mozi (2 Volumes) (Chinese-English Parallel)

Author: Mozi (Warring States Period)
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Mengzi is a compilation of the writings of the famous philosopher and statesman Mozi, his disciples, and later scholars during the Warring States Period. The original text consisted of seventy-one chapters, but gradually diminished after the Six Dynasties period, leaving only fifty-three chapters preserved today. Mengzi 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 (jian ai), non-aggression (fei gong), meritocracy (shang xian), conformity (shang tong), frugality in spending (jie yong), simplicity in burial (jie zang), opposition to music (fei yue), belief in the Heavenly Will (tian zhi), reverence for ghosts (ming gui), and opposition to fatalism (fei ming). This English translation is based on Sun Yixiang's Mengzi Jian Gu (Commentary on Mengzi) and references over ten different versions and modern translations, making it a complete English translation of Mengzi.