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  1. Mozi was a Chinese philosopher whose fundamental doctrine of undifferentiated love (jianai) challenged Confucianism for several centuries and became the basis of a socioreligious movement known as Mohism. Born a few years after Confucius’s death, Mozi was raised in a period when the feudal

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    Mozi was born in Lu (seen toward the north, with a small coastline along the Yellow Sea) and spent some time as a government minister in Song (a landlocked state to the south of Lu) Most historians believe that Mozi was a member of the lower artisan class who managed to climb his way to an official post. Mozi was a native of the State of Lu ...

  3. Oct 21, 2002 · 1. Mozi and the Mohists. Mohism springs from the teachings of Mo Di, or Mozi (“Master Mo”), [] about whom little is known, not even what state he was from. The Shi Ji, a Han dynasty record, tells us only that he was an official of the state of Song and that he lived either at the same time as or after Confucius (d. 479 BCE), with whom he is often paired by Qin (221–206 BCE) and Han ...

  4. Mozi (c. 400s—300s B.C.E.) was a Chinese philosopher who founded the Mohist school of thought and opposed the Confucian tradition. He advocated impartial concern for all people, universal love, and practical skills for the common good.

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    Mohism or Moism ( / ˈmoʊɪzəm /, Chinese: 墨家; pinyin: Mòjiā; lit. 'School of Mo') was an ancient Chinese philosophy of ethics and logic, rational thought, and scientific technology developed by the scholars who studied under the ancient Chinese philosopher Mozi (c. 470 BC – c. 391 BC), embodied in an eponymous book: the Mozi.

  6. www.britannica.com › summary › Mozi-Chinese-philosopherMozi summary | Britannica

    Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Mozi . Mozi, or Mo-tzu, (born 470?, China—died 391? bc, China), Chinese philosopher. Originally a follower of Confucius, Mozi evolved a doctrine of universal love that gave rise to a religious movement called Mohism. Like Confucius, he spent much of his life traveling from one feudal ...

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  8. Mohism, school of Chinese philosophy founded by Mozi ( q.v.) in the 5th century bce. This philosophy challenged the dominant Confucian ideology until about the 3rd century bce. Mozi taught the necessity for individual piety and submission to the will of heaven, or Shangdi (the Lord on High), and deplored the Confucian emphasis on rites and ...

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