On the eighth day of the first round, Wei Ziheng, who had nothing to do one afternoon, wandered around the city and watched the group of swordsmen fight there. The Famous Sword Conference seems to provide a platform for this group of nameless swordsmen to make a name for themselves.

Many people have simple beliefs and move towards the final championship. Some people practice hard in order to become famous in one battle, and some people devote themselves to studying for many years, in order to prove something to the world, and everyone has a different starting point, but they all converge on this sword conference.

Wei Ziheng, near noon, came to a tavern and was going to eat something casually. At that time, there were more customers in the tavern, so I dined at the same table with a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man introduced himself: "My name is Mo Zhai, this young man, you are also participating in the Famous Sword Conference, right?" ”

Wei Ziheng nodded and said, "Yes, my name is Wei Ziheng, just a nameless little swordsman." ”

Mo Zhai smiled and said, "It seems that you are not some nameless little swordsman, right?" The sword in your hand seems to have a lot of origin, and you said that your name is Wei Ziheng, where do I seem to have heard of it? Looks like a powerful character. ”

Wei Ziheng lowered his head and smiled secretly and said, "Sure enough, people are afraid of being famous, and people are afraid of traveling far away." But these fame don't seem to be of any use, come to this big brother for a drink. ”

Mo Zhai raised his wine glass very proudly and said, "You don't need to be too humble to be a person, after all, you need to let others know." Since his swordsmanship is supernatural, he can't bury it, after all, this is a famous sword conference. ”

When Wei Ziheng heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "This Brother Mo is reasonable, but in terms of low-key life in the world, this is a good choice." I don't know, you also participated in the Famous Sword Conference? It seems that the way you look, something doesn't look like it. ”

Mo Zhai said a little lightly: "I'm here to participate in the debate between the sons, and I'm also the son of a small family!" ”

Wei Ziheng was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, he never thought that the person he met casually would be a son of a small family: "I really never thought that this brother would have such ability." He must also be a master of thought! To be able to participate in the debate of the sons in this capacity is an unusual person at first glance. I don't know what kind of thinking you have, big brother? ”

Mo Zhai put down his bamboo chopsticks, chewed the food in his mouth, and said with a smile: "It's not as powerful as you imagined, in the Mo family, Mo Zhai." The founder of Moxue is just an unpopular in the face of those mainstream thoughts. ”

Wei Ziheng couldn't help but applaud: "Mo family? Moxue? Oh my God, it's amazing to have this. I also have a friend who said that he has some of his own ideas and hopes to create his own school of thought in the future, but he just thinks about it, and he can't imagine that this big brother actually takes action. It's really impressive, I don't know if I can make friends with Brother Mo, this friend. ”

Mo Zhai waved his hand very kindly and said: "What you said, we people seem to be very high, in fact, there is not much difference from you ordinary people, the creation of these doctrines is nothing more than a hobby, if you want to say it can be regarded as an ideal, although I once studied Confucianism, but I found some shortcomings of Confucianism, so I want to create my own school, I can't imagine that under my propaganda, there are like-minded people, so under my education and dissemination, my Mo family has gradually risen, But that's just a matter of the last year or two. ”

Wei Ziheng couldn't help but change his position, sat on Mo Zhai's side, and said with great interest: "I don't know, can this Mo family giant talk about the Mo family's thoughts with me, an ordinary junior?" Now that mainstream thought is prevalent, and I'm not sure which one is good or bad, I want to listen to the leader of this doctrine and see what this Mohist thought is like. ”

Although Mo Zhai was glad that others could do this, interested in his own doctrine, he didn't seem to want to talk about it in this place.

Wei Ziheng understood what he meant, hurriedly finished eating, and followed Mo Zhai to the place where their Mo family was.

This is a remote town outside the city, there is still a little far on the way, it takes an hour to go back and forth, looking at some dilapidated houses, Wei Ziheng suddenly felt that the treatment of these small families on the rivers and lakes does not seem to be good!

It seems that there are still some people in this Mo family. In the eyes of these people, Mo Zhai seems to have a very high status, and as soon as he enters the door, he has received a lot of honorific titles. They are generally called giants, and I don't know why, it seems that they describe the spiritual leader of the Mo family in this way. For example, Confucianism usually says that there are sages, while Taoists often say that so-and-so is a real person.

Wei Ziheng, looking at this room, is relatively large, and it seems to be rented. With such a large area of mine, it seems that it is indeed a little difficult to find in Linzi City. The décor in the room is relatively simple, with some wooden boards separating some rooms. If you look closely, it's still very rudimentary. There weren't many people in the room, but they all seemed to be devout disciples of the Mo family.

Mo Zhai introduced: "Since you want to listen to the doctrine of my Mo family, then you must listen to it as a disciple of the Mo family, this is our rule. Although you are just an outsider, the rules can't be messed up, so let's do it. I'm going to talk about it, I hope it will help you. ”

Wei Ziheng was very serious, sat down very obediently, and listened to the speech of this Mo family giant with the other Mo family disciples.

I saw that this Mo Zhai specially brought a glass of water, and it seemed that he was going to talk endlessly. This is very characteristic for the Mohist giants to speak, and they usually cite some positive and negative examples to support their views. to highlight some important aspects of their Mohist thought. At critical times, the classics are quoted to illustrate some major issues, which also shows the universal adaptability and scientific nature of Mohist thought.

The specific content was very complicated, and Wei Ziheng was a little dizzy when he heard it.

It seems that because of these things, this Mo Zhai also wrote a book, Mozi, but it seems to be like this in general.

Love and non-attack

Mozi's thinking is extremely unique, in his eyes, there should be the theory of "non-fate" and "love" in this world, which is opposed to the Confucian "mandate of heaven" and "love has equal differences". It is believed that "the official is impermanent and noble, and the people are not cheap". It is required that "the hungry get food, the cold get clothes, and the toilers get rest." Many of them were simple people, and because of this, they supported Mohist thought

The so-called love includes the meaning of equality and fraternity. Mozi demanded that kings and ministers, fathers and sons, and brothers should love each other on the basis of equality, and that "love others as if they love themselves", and believed that the phenomena of strong and weak, rich insulting the poor, and arrogance and lowliness in society are caused by the fact that people in the world do not love each other. He opposed war and demanded peace. However, while opposing the war of aggression, he also highly admired the counterattack of self-defense, believing that it was a just army.

Celestial ghosts

The so-called will of heaven means that heaven has a will, heaven loves the people, and if the monarch violates the will of heaven, he will be punished by heaven, otherwise, he will be rewarded by heaven. This reflects a logical relationship from the side, there must be cause and effect, which is an extremely important key point for the strict logic of Mohist thought

Shang Tong Shang Xian

Shang Tong requires the people and the Son of Heaven to be the same as the will of heaven, and to work together to implement righteous government. Shang Xian includes the election of the sage as an official, and the election of the sage as the monarch of the Son of Heaven. Mozi believed that the king must elect the sages of the country, and that the people should obey the king in public administration. Mozi asked the above to understand the situation, because only in this way can the good be rewarded and the violent punished. Mozi demanded that the monarch be able to be virtuous and able, and put forward the proposition that "officials are impermanent, and the people are not endurally cheap". It has won the support and love of many low-level people, and it seems that the Mo family has developed so far in a year or two, and it has reached the scale where it can participate in the debate of the princes.

Frugal burials

Economical use is a view that the Mohists emphasized very much, and they criticized the extravagance and waste of monarchs and nobles, especially against the Confucian custom of long-term funerals and heavy burials, believing that long-term funerals and heavy burials are not beneficial to society. It is believed that monarchs and nobles should live a clean and frugal life like the three generations of holy kings in ancient times. Mozi asked the disciples of the Mo family and the Mo scholars to practice in this regard. After all, matter itself is finite, and wasting it on these seemingly useless, unrealistic pursuits of some false names, and contrary to the laws of nature.

Fei Le

Mozi was extremely opposed to music, and even once when he was traveling, he heard that the car was going in the direction of the song, and immediately turned around. He believed that although music was beautiful, it would affect farmers' farming, women's weaving, and ministers' handling of government affairs, and that it was not in line with the principles of the holy king and the interests of the people, so he opposed music. Wei Ziheng did not dare to agree with this, after all, to a certain extent, music is also a necessary thing for the development of civilization, and the higher the degree of development of civilization, the higher the achievements in the art of music.

Fateful

On the one hand, Mozi affirmed that heaven has a will, can reward good and punish evil, and serves his "concurrent love" with the help of an external personality God, but on the other hand, he denies the Confucianism advocated the mandate of heaven and advocates "non-life". It is believed that the recognition of longevity, the wealth and poverty, the safety of the world, and the control of chaos are not determined by "fate", and as long as people make active efforts, they can achieve the goal of being rich, expensive, safe, and orderly. Mozi objected to the Confucian saying that "life and death have a fate, and wealth is in heaven", believing that this kind of saying "has a life to make all the foolish people" Mozi saw that this kind of thinking had a wear and tear on people's creativity, so he proposed a fate. This idea is extremely important, and when Wei Ziheng heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked. This is a cry, a cry that is not resigned to one's own fate.

Political ideology

Politically, Mozi put forward the ideas of "concurrently love", "non-attack", "Shangxian", "Shangtong", "thrift", "frugality", "funeral", and "non-music". "Combining with other things" is the core of his social and political thinking, and "non-offensive" is his specific program of action. He believed that as long as everyone "loves each other and benefits each other," there will be no strong bullying of the weak, arrogance and arrogance, wisdom and foolishness, and the phenomenon of countries attacking each other. He sharply exposed and criticized the evils of the rulers' wars and the extravagances and pleasures of ordinary manners.

In the principle of employing people, Mozi advocated meritocracy, opposed cronyism, and advocated that "officials are impermanent, and the people are not cheap". He also advocated that from the Son of Heaven, the princes and kings to the elders at all levels, they should "choose the virtuous and virtuous people in the world" to play; The people and the Son of Heaven and the monarch must obey the will of Heaven, carry forward and love, and implement righteous government, otherwise, it will be illegal, and this is the "righteousness of the world together".

In Mozi, Mo Zhai put forward the ten major propositions of the Mo family. That is, "both love", "non-attack", "Shangxian", "Shangtong", "Zuntian", "ghost", "non-music", "non-life", "festival" and "festival". He believes that it is necessary to select the most suitable plan among the 10 propositions in a targeted manner according to the different situations of different countries. For example, "the country is in turmoil", choose "Shangxian" and "Shangtong"; The country is poor and weak, so it chooses "thrift" and "thrift"; Wait a minute.

Mo Zhai was still talking, and he directly quoted some attempts to highlight the importance of Mohist thought.

Wei Ziheng's attitude at this time has already happened, and the earth-shaking change still makes some doubts about the relationship between the way of kings and ministers in Confucianism, which he learned since childhood, and the so-called theory of the Mandate of Heaven, is it really correct?

The Mohist ideology is unique and extremely related to the common people, and his thinking is everywhere reflected in the interests of the people. Different from the idea of the peasant, the thought of the Mohists is more respectful of the state and society.