"There is a problem with the teachings of the Mo family." Lin Xiangru shook his head. abundant

"What's the problem?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"The central idea of the Mohists is called 'saving money'." Lin Xiangru said.

"It's a good thing to be sparing, what's wrong with that?" Zhao Kuo said strangely, if you don't use sparingly, do you want to be extravagant and wasteful?

"There's nothing wrong with sparing, but there's a problem with overdoing it. Mozi once said, 'Measure your stomach and eat, tailor your body and cloth', just eat and eat to your heart', it doesn't matter if it's delicious or not. Clothes, just fit, whether it looks good or not, it doesn't matter if it's luxurious or not. ”

Mozi not only said it, but did it. He never wore clothes made of silk, but only short clothes made of arrowroot. The feet are straw sandals woven by themselves or their disciples all year round, and cloth shoes are only worn in winter. Eat only coarse tea and light rice, as long as you can fill your stomach. If the poor were in need, Mozi would not hesitate to hand over money and food, even if he was hungry. ”

"Countless people have been impressed by Mozi and worship Mozi as a teacher, or worship Mozi's disciples as teachers. The Mohist family grew rapidly and became a prominent scholar in the world. And these disciples followed suit. The Mo family has become the poorest group of people in the world, and compared with other schools, the Mo family is simply a beggar. ”

"But the vast majority of the people who joined the Mo family are the lowest level of society, people who are about to run out of food, or who are already unable to eat, and the purpose of this group of people joining the Mo family is not for anything else, just to have enough to eat. The remaining few people are the true essence of the Mo family, they may be born in the nobility, or they may be born in the wealthy, but they believe in the Mo family ideology and strive for their own ideals. "Qi

"So far, the Mo family is still developing in a good direction."

But the poverty of the Mo family has fundamentally cut off the road to talent. Initially, it was Mozi who was poor alone, and the others just followed Mozi. Although Mozi proposed 'economizing', he did not force everyone to wear kudzu cloth and straw sandals. But after his death, this costume gradually became a symbol of Mojia orthodoxy. ”

"People have selfish desires, ministers have selfish desires, kings have selfish desires, and disciples of the Mo family also have selfish desires. Although everyone's selfish desires are different, one thing remains the same, that is, I hope that I can get over it as well. As a result, after joining the Mo family, I have to wear short clothes when I have no money, and I have to wear short clothes when I have money? What's the point of struggle? ”

"Ordinary Qiantou does not say, at least the aristocracy and the rich refuse. Although Qianshou is the largest group of people in the world, it is the aristocracy who are truly knowledgeable and educated. Although the Mo family is 'Shangxian', the poverty of the Mo family has cut off Shangxian's path. On one side is a wide-sleeved robe, and on the other side is a short coat. On one side is Bazhen, and on the other side is a coarse tea and light rice that is only enough to fill the stomach. There is no doubt which one the vast majority of nobles will choose. In the long run, the stronger Confucianism becomes, the weaker Mohist becomes. Lin Xiangru said slowly.

If you don't count the head of Qian, who has no time to study, the Mo family can accept one disciple a day, and Confucianism can accept ten disciples, and the probability of talent is ten times that of the Mo family.

Zhao Kuo thought a lot in an instant, and he understood that Lin Xiangru still had a lot to say. The most important combination of love and non-aggression in the Mohists is also unrealistic.

Qi: Who wants everyone to be equal and love each other? If you were an emperor, would you want everyone to be equal?

Definitely not, everyone is equal, what is imperial power? Who will serve you? Lao Tzu worked hard to fight the world, just for everyone to be equal?

Isn't that a joke? Only those at the bottom of the social ladder want everyone to be equal. The Mo family relied on love to quickly win the hearts of a large number of people at the bottom, but broke the hearts of the people at the top.

The same is true for non-attack, it is good in theory, if you don't fight me, I won't fight you, there is no war in the world, the monarch and the ministers are harmonious, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is a beautiful society.

Qi, however, is completely unrealistic. If you are the monarch of a weak country, you will stand on the side of the Mo family, hoping that the enemy will not come to attack you.

But if you are the king of a strong country, I am afraid that you will order Mozi to be thrown out. Between the king and the people, the Mo family is on the side of the people.

Between the weak country and the strong country, the Mohists stood on the side of the weak country. But Mozi forgot that the rules are made by the strong.

There is no survival of the fittest, only survival of the fittest. Qi is not a good doctrine if your doctrine is supported by more people, only a doctrine that can help the ruler is a good doctrine, and the rest ...... It's all scum.

The reason why the military is strong is because the country needs it. In the troubled times, no one can be without soldiers, no generals lead troops to fight, and no matter how rich the country is, it is just someone else's ATM.

The reason why Legalism is strong is because it has the support of the state. Li Kui's reform of the law made everyone see the importance of Legalism, Legalism can govern the country, Legalism can strengthen the country, so all countries compete to introduce Legalist talents, and Legalism has grown rapidly.

A school without state support is like a rootless school that will not last long. If you want to last a long time, you have to find a country to take refuge in.

The Confucian Xia faction took refuge in the Wei State, and the Taoist Huang Lao faction took refuge in Korea, what should the Mo family do?

After the death of Qi Mozi, the Mo family was divided into the ink of the Xiangli clan, the ink of the Xiangfu clan, and the ink of the Deng Ling clan.

Xiangli's ink inherited the essence of Mozi, pursued both love and non-attack, and was still virtuous and compatible, and carried the poverty and suffering to the extreme.

The Xiangfu faction inherited the Mohist logical debate, carried it forward, and was invited by the Qi State to serve as a teacher in the Jixia School Palace, spreading Mohist thoughts, and as long as he moved his mouth every day, he could receive a high salary and live a well-off life.

The Deng Ling clan took refuge in the state of Chu, they took the lead in righteousness, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, and they were valued by the feudal monarch of the state of Chu, and invited to defend the city in the past, and became mercenaries of the Warring States.

Although the three families are all Mo families, the struggle between them is extremely fierce, and the Mo of the Xiangli clan, who is the worst, naturally wants to change the status quo.

In order to have a better life and further promote Mojia thought, Xiang Liqin, the giant of the Mo family, was ready to take his disciples to the Qin State.

A disciple of the Mo family asked Xiang Liqin a question: "The Qin State is a country of tigers and wolves, and we keep waging wars, and we defect to the Qin State, isn't it against Mozi's non-attack?" Qi Xiangliqin replied: "Since King Zhou Ping moved eastward, the world has been in turmoil, and the princes have risen together, which day has there been no war?" If there is no war, the only way to end the troubled times is to end them. Today, the one most likely to end the troubled times is the Qin State. In this way, the Mo family embarked on the road west to the Qin State, and presented the advanced Mo family technology and strict ink method for the rise of the Qin State.

In this way, the Mohists completed the thought of Mozi

"Correcting mistakes" has changed from speaking for the weak to serving the rulers. However, Mohist thought did not develop in the Qin State because of this, and it was only Mohist technology that flourished.