Chapter 46 Section 2 Old Mozi is angry

The autumn days in the Shennong Mountains are too short, just an hour after lunch, the vast mountains and forests are dimmed. The Mohists pay attention to frugality and penance, even if they are rich in wealth, they live an extremely simple life.Like his disciples, Mozi only ate two meals a day.The first meal is called "breakfast", after the morning exercise when the sun climbs to the top of the mountain.The second meal is called "lunch meal", when the sun is setting in the west.It is called "drinking soup" at night, and it is not considered as a main meal. It is only for Humen disciples who are farming, collecting herbs, practicing martial arts and defending.When there is a big collective action, there is late soup for all.On a normal day, Xuan Qi didn't need to drink soup. After the sun set on the western mountain, he came to Shangtongfang, the deepest part of the castle of the main courtyard.

Shangtongfang is at the root of the mountain. It is the cave where Lao Mozi met his disciples to discuss major issues.The so-called "advocating the same" means advocating the same.Seen in practice, is the pursuit of unity.This is one of Mozi's ten propositions. It is named after the cave, implying that this cave is a place where disciples and teachers reach the same proposition and act in unison.As the old Mozi retired at an advanced age, Mohist disciples seldom discuss matters in Shangtongfang.Xuan Qi has been in Shennong Dashan for twelve years, and he has only met his teacher here three times.Of course, as the only personal disciple of Lao Mozi in his later years, she could always see the teacher several times a year.But meeting the teacher here is very different from meeting the teacher in the study.In the study room, the teacher is a kind old man, but when discussing affairs in Shangtongfang, the teacher becomes a strong and strict "giant".Whenever discussing matters in Shangtongfang, Xuan Qi would feel uneasy, feeling that this place lacks the kindness of the Mohists the most, and everyone including the teacher is cold.As she was approaching the cave, her heart started beating again. She always felt that she was not at ease, but when she thought of the teacher's profound wisdom and broad mind, she suddenly became calm again, and her steps became brisk.

Shangtongfang was originally a dripping cave.When the Mohists built the city, those disciples who were proficient in all kinds of crafts, under the guidance of Mozi, carried out a major transformation of this dark and damp dripping cave.Not only the dripping water was miraculously solved, but also several wind tunnel light windows leading to the outside of the mountain were cut out, the dry mountain wind poured in, and the sun could shine for one or two hours during the day.Over the years, the cave has become a dry and comfortable place.The most amazing thing is that the wind flowing in from this cave is full of strong fresh fragrance of green trees and mountain flowers, which is not found in any other places in the mountain.Whoever walks in here can't help but breathe deeply.For this wonderful benefit, the four disciples agreed that the teacher's study should be built here, which will help the teacher prolong his life.But the old Mozi laughed loudly, "I love the world, how can I enjoy the gift from heaven alone?" So this cave became Shangtongfang, and anyone can come here on weekdays, and disciples who are weak can also move to Shang rested in a small room separated from Tongfang.

At this moment, the deacon's children have already placed the stone pier on the rock platform at the entrance of the cave.According to the Mohism's "frugal use" rule, where there are mountains and moons, you can't make lamps.Tonight, the autumn moon hangs high, clear and clear, so naturally it becomes a matter of discussion under the moon.Xuan Qi was the first to arrive. She looked at the position of the stone pier, and spread a cloth cotton mat she brought on the teacher's pier.The young deacon disciple who was tidying up said with a smile: "Sister Xuan Qi, I know you will bring it. I will spread the bearskin mat later, and the teacher will definitely scold and throw it away. As long as you make the bed, the teacher will frown." I just sat down. I really have no choice." Xuan Qi laughed and said, "The teacher is old, and the stone pier is too cold, a little lining is the best. The bear skin is too burnt, and the teacher is still healthy, so I can't sit on it. I might as well leave the cotton pad behind. , when I don't participate in the discussion, you will lay the bed for the teacher." The young man said happily: "Alright! Listen to sister Xuan Qi. I'm going to invite the teacher." Then he trotted away.

In a small bamboo building a stone's throw away from Shangtongfang, an old man is staring at the moon in the sky and meditating, motionless, like a bronze statue standing there.After a long time, the old man let out a deep sigh. "Teacher, brothers and sisters have arrived at Shangtongfang." The young disciple came to report softly. "Understood." The old man turned around, "Let's go." "Teacher, please put on these cloth shoes, they are very soft." The boy knelt down to put on the shoes for the old man. "It's annoying. The old man has been barefoot all his life, but the kid doesn't know?" The old man laughed and scolded.

"Sister Xuanqi said that Qiushuang is cold, and the feet should be warmer." "It's Elder Sister Xuanqi again, little girl! Could it be that the old man's bald head also needs to wear a cotton crown? Let's go, don't be too wordy." The old man laughed and cursed as he went downstairs, but the bamboo ladder was silent.Going down to the bamboo building, the old man walked barefoot on the stone road. His long white hair set off against his bright red bald head, his big sleeves fluttered, and his steps were brisk, without any signs of oldness. This old man is Mozi who is famous all over the world.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there have been two famous "Zi" who have confused the world. One is Guiguzi, and the other is this Mozi.The so-called confusing, one is that no one can tell exactly where they are from?Second, no one knows how old they lived?The third is that they all have many mavericks that people in the world cannot understand, and they are often called "cheesy and perverted". Let me talk about this first, although Guiguzi's place of birth is hazy, after all, it is still limited to the debate about which country in the Central Plains.This Mo Zi is not the case, even though some people say that he is from Song State and has been a doctor in Song State.It is also said that he is from the state of Lu and has studied Confucianism in the state of Lu for many years.But more people think that he is not a Chinese citizen at all, but a strange man from a foreign country in the west. Some even say that Mozi is a visitor from outside the universe!This is because he was born very different from the Central Plains people, with a high nose and deep eyes, a tall but slightly stooped figure, bald by birth, and barefoot all his life.Mencius of Confucianism hated Mozi the most. He called him "no father" and called him "the top of his head to benefit the world". "Fatherless" is to scold Mo Zi for not knowing his life, for being homeless all his life, for having no biological father himself, and not to be a biological father! "Mo Ding puts one's heels on one's heel to benefit the world", scolding that this bald (Mo Ding) has no other ability, but to give small benefits to the world with a strange appearance and austerity!The implication is to scold Mozi for not having a serious idea of ​​saving the world.The first student, Qin Huali, was angry with Mencius for being mean, and asked the teacher to set the record straight from Chen's background.Mozi laughed loudly, "The sage stands in the world with his words and deeds. Where am I born, and what do I have to do with the Dao?" He ignored it.Later, Mozi accidentally said to Kuhuo, "I am a humble man from the north." It was only this one sentence, but he didn't say it anymore.Where and what country is it in the north?Rongdi?Huns?Or China?No one knows.

Besides these two, both Guiguzi and Mozi had frequent activities in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States period, and no one can tell how old they lived.Guiguzi's well-known disciples were mainly in the early and middle period of the Warring States period, and it can be roughly said that they are almost inseparable.Mozi is almost impossible to talk about.He studied in the same school of Confucianism as Confucius' grandson Zisi. He was dissatisfied with the pedantic and ancient style of Confucianism. He fought fiercely with the disciples of Confucianism.This should be a matter of the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period. By the early Warring States period, it had been nearly a hundred years, and the Mohist School had already become a prominent school in the world.Mencius is a student of Zisi, and Zisi is no longer alive. The Confucian Mencius has become a celebrity, but Mozi, who studied with Zisi, still has clues from time to time.Let’s say that Lao Mozi is still alive. He often hasn’t seen anything for more than ten years. This is almost impossible among the famous masters of the Warring States Period.It can be said that Lao Mozi is dead, and it often flashes suddenly when people can't imagine it at all-some things only Lao Mozi can do.As time goes by, Lao Mozi has become a mysterious figure who sees the head and tail of the dragon, and no one can tell the trace of his birth and death.Some people say that Mozi died a long time ago, while others say that he is still alive and well, and can live for another hundred years.Even the disciples around him, no one can tell his exact age.

These three are even more unclear.Both Guiguzi and Mozi have peculiar propositions and behaviors that are difficult for the world to understand.Guiguzi advocates the rule of law, power tactics and military science, and believes that only these powerful and mysterious things can eliminate human viciousness.He slandered all the pedantic and useless Confucianism, Taoism, and Yin-Yang School. His disciples were either great rulers or generals in the army. The former was like Li Kui, the latter was like Pang Juan, Sun Bin, and later the famous Su Qin Zhang Yi.Mo Zi is not the same, he seems to be born with a heart of compassion, he feels the endless pain of the common people, he is very indifferent to the way of governing the country, and all his knowledge is to save the untouchables.He put forward ten propositions for saving the world: universal love, non-aggression, economic use, festival burial, honoring the virtuous, advocating the same, respecting heaven, understanding ghosts, not joy, and not fate.These ten propositions are all for the poor untouchables and the sages who have worked hard and failed.Among the ten propositions, universal love is the root, the sun, and the rest are the branches and stars of universal love.Mozi not only said so, but actually did so.No wives, no children, common clothes and bare feet, simple tea and light food, self-cultivation, food and shelter, traveling around the world with his disciples, teaching the common people the skills of all kinds of crafts, and stopping the bullying of small and weak countries by strong countries.Aristocrats and celebrities scolded him for what he did as a "bitch's act" and a "fatherless man", which was extremely mean.But Mozi was never moved, and he practiced with perseverance, and his personality and knowledge stood up like the Big Dipper of Mount Tai. He became famous all over the world and admired by the world.More and more disciples followed Mozi, and the influence of Mozi became stronger and stronger.Moreover, these disciples are loyal and loyal, and they will go to the fire with one order, and die without hesitation (in the face of death, they will never turn their heels to escape).The weirdness of Guiguzi lies in its shocking variety of high-tech knowledge. It is not that you can become a master by treating one study, but that you can become a master by treating many studies!This is unique among the hundreds of schools in the world.The strangeness of Mozi lies in the fact that he was incompatible with the secular power throughout his life, and he was willing to work as a bitch for the ascetic with his talents in mind. He never became an official, let alone asked for an official. Power, but created a set of authoritative "giant" system within the Mohist school; ingenious thinking and ingenious workmanship, even the famous engineer Gong Shuban is self-deprecating, but he believes in ghosts and gods and weirdness... The end is huge and complicated. No clue.Such a genre is unique among the hundreds of scholars.

However, no matter how incomprehensible it is to the people of the world, the Mohism has undoubtedly become a force that no one in the world dare to underestimate for decades!Some people say that the Mohists are the "political heroes" of the world, a force of justice that transcends all countries.Even though a powerful country has chariots and cavalry, it is still afraid of those Mohist swordsmen who are everywhere and penetrate every hole.The world is so big, only the Mohists dared to stand up with their swords, blood flow five steps, and make the world untouched!This is a great deterrent to all evil forces.In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, big countries shook their heads when they mentioned Mohism, while small countries praised Mohism endlessly.When a tyrannical monarch speaks of Mohism, his brow sweats, but when a wise monarch speaks of Mozi, he feels calm and at ease.

Even so, after entering the Warring States period, the old Mozi still lived in seclusion, and the sharp sword of killing violence was easily out of its sheath, and the Mohist brigade rarely drove out of this Shennong mountain.In the past thirty years, there have been less and less magical stories about the Mo family in the world. Some people say that Mo Zi is already dead, and the Mo family has also disbanded.When the rumors spread to the deep mountains, the old Mozi laughed, but he still lived in seclusion in the mountains and remained motionless. Old Mozi walked briskly under the moonlight.He is very thin, tall, and has a big head. The broad forehead and the bright red bald head form a vast highland of wisdom. A ring of white hair like frost and snow shines silver on the edge of the highland, like a red rock. On the ice and snow that never thaws.His stride is very large, a pair of big bare feet stepped on the cold bluestone slabs, and made exactly the same clear and firm footsteps as the wearer, which shows how thick the calluses on his feet are!Xuan Qi once asked with a smile, "Are the calluses on Teacher's feet thicker than the calluses on Dayu's legs?" Old Mozi laughed, "Da Yu only wore them for thirteen years, so what's the point of having calluses! My old man has calluses on his feet." , but knives and coins are comparable to ears!" When Mozi walked outside Shangtongfang, he had already seen the silhouettes of his disciples waiting under the moon from a distance.The disciples had already heard the teacher's footsteps, and they clasped their hands together on the rock platform, "The disciples of the school are waiting for the teacher." The old Mozi raised his hand: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to wait for you, kid." A burst of laughter, It was the sound of mountains and valleys. Xuan Qi walked quickly and helped Mo Zi to the middle stone pier.Old Mozi looked at the cotton cushions on the stone pier, then at Xuan Qi, shook his head but sat down without saying a word.The deacon's young disciple secretly made a face at Xuan Qi behind his back, and Xuan Qi couldn't help laughing "chi".The old Mozi turned his head and stared, the young disciple ran away quickly, Xuan Qi and Qin Huali laughed, the old Mozi laughed and scolded: "The boy is so worthless." The smile disappeared instantly, and he said slowly: "What's the matter? Speak." Qin Huali clasped his hands and said: "Report to the giant, Wei Yang called it reform in the Qin state, but actually killed him wantonly. We agreed to punish violence to save Qin. Junior sister Xuanqi raised an objection. Submit to the giant for adjudication." "Xuan Qi, tell me your reasoning." Old Mozi said calmly. Xuan Qi stood up from the stone pier and cupped his hands and said: "Report to the giant, Xuan Qi thinks that Wei Yang is a famous legalist, Ying Quliang is a vigorous king, their monarchs and ministers will not indiscriminately torture and kill, there must be something else hidden in it. The giant will make a detailed investigation and make a decision." "Xuan Qi, do you know Wei Yang? Do you know Ying Qu Liang?" Old Mozi's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and his sharp eyes shot out from the deep eye sockets, as if they could penetrate the internal organs of a person. "Report to you, Xuan Qi met Wei Yang in Anyi, Wei State. He behaved squarely and was very insightful in politics. Therefore, Xuan Qi helped him escape from Wei State. The new king of Qin State won Quliang, and Xuan Qi met with his elder father. Twice, he has worked hard to become stronger, and he is thirsty for talents, so he is definitely not a faint and tyrannical monarch. Please make a careful investigation and make a decision." Old Mozi sneered slightly: "Xuanqi, your voice is trembling, your complexion is flushed, and your words are extreme. How can there be any Mohist children who have a fair mind when discussing political order and violence? To be honest, is there any hidden meaning in your judgment?" "Teacher, no, giant." Xuan Qi suddenly became flustered, and blurted out, "He is definitely not a tyrant! He won't indiscriminately punish and kill!" Old Mozi's voice sank, "Xuan Qi, would you judge Shen Buhai and Han Hou in the same way?" "Report to the master, Xuan Qi doesn't understand Shen Buhai and Han Hou, so he dare not judge rashly." "Xuanqi," Old Mozi said coldly, "You have a scheming mind at such a young age? You and Dafu talked with Shen Buhui for three hours in South Korea, why don't you dare to judge rashly?" Xuan Qi was greatly surprised, he was at a loss for words for a while, and couldn't speak. "Furthermore, why are you so firm in your commitment to the new Lord of Qin, regardless of what the Mo family has verified?" Xuan Qi originally wanted to tell his teacher his understanding and thoughts about Ying Quliang, Wei Yang, and Qin State in detail, and he also believed that the teacher would listen patiently and think seriously like when teaching them knowledge.I never expected that the teacher would feel that something was wrong from the very beginning and put myself in embarrassment and embarrassment.Concern leads to confusion, and the wise Xuan Qi is in a state of confusion. He regrets that he did not calmly prepare to speak, and also regrets that he has forgotten that the teacher is two completely different people when he is a "giant" and when he is a "teacher". .At this moment, do you say that you have a relationship with this new monarch?Absolutely not, that would not only be regarded as a major crime of "perverting the law for private affairs" in the Mo family, but it would also be a disservice to him and make things out of control.Well, how do you explain your clear and firm judgment?It seems that the only way to make a mistake is to make a mistake. Fortunately, I am not violating my conscience, and I am not trying to excuse a real tyrant.With this in mind, Xuan Qi raised his head to look at the teacher, and said clearly: "Return to Juzi, the judgment of the new Qin Lord is based on the disciple's own observation, I should let Juzi decide whether or not." Deng Lingzi sneered, "Observe? Junior sister Xuanqi, did you not observe Shen Buhai?" Old Mozi waved his hand: "Don't talk too much, Deng Lingzi. Is there any reason to punish one's heart when discussing things?" Qin Huali cupped his hands and said: "This disciple thinks that matters concerning the Qin State should be based on the facts. Junior sister Xuan Qi has a long history with the Qin State, and she has met the new Qin State King in Liyang, so it is not surprising that she disagrees. It is still the same now, and you don't need to pursue it." "Okay! Poultry and open minded, you can be a role model." Old Mozi laughed heartily, then suddenly restrained, and said solemnly: "Qin's tyranny, I know a little bit. My Mo family has kept swords and sealed knives for more than 30 years. Observe the effect of the reform. At present, South Korea, Qin, and Qi are all reforming, but they all use killing as a method of reform, and do not touch the root cause. The Mohists want to let the world know that those who rely on killing to reform the law will not be tolerated. The Mohists want to give the world a warning. Do you think, where should we start?" "Start with Qin!" The four disciples said in unison. Mozi's face was stern, "That's right. The state of Qin started from Rong and Di, fought for a long time, and was originally full of violence. If reforms are used as an excuse to kill too much, this country will go on the wrong path, and the common people will never have peace. No If you teach Qin a lesson in blood, then Qin's rulers and officials will not cherish the lives of the common people. Let me tell you, how should Qin be taught a lesson?" Qin Huali: "The meaning of the disciples is that the younger brother Kuhuo should lead thirty swordsmen to sneak into Liyang and capture the head of Wei Yang. The younger brother Deng Lingzi led twenty Humen warriors to capture Ying Quliang to the general. In the courtyard, the giant will teach. In addition, the disciples and Junior Brother Xiangliqin will lead the Mohist sword formation to meet in Chencang Canyon." "Eldest brother's arrangement is very good, please make a decision!" Deng Lingzi was very excited. Old Mozi stared at Xuan Qi fiercely, "It's hard work all the way, Xuan Qi should be the leader. The rest is up to you." Xuan Qi looked at the teacher, stunned in surprise and speechless, suddenly, she fell to the ground.Xiang Liqin let out a cry, and stepped forward to support Xuan Qi, "Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, silver needle!" Old Mozi's complexion changed suddenly, and he flicked his sleeves, "How decent is it? Let her wake up to see me!" He strode away. Old Mozi was obviously very angry.Although he handed over the daily affairs of the Mohist school to Qin Huali's disciples, he still holds the most important decisions and the most important power in his own hands.The reason for this is not that Mozi governed the school with power and tactics, but based on very practical considerations.One is that I am not old, weak and delirious.The second is to fear that the disciples will lose insight in the big action and damage the belief of Mohism.The third is that Mozi is not very satisfied with his core disciples.Although Qin Huali's senior disciples are considered to have experienced a lot of wind and rain, they always lack a kind of master demeanor in terms of broad-mindedness, knowledge, skills and moral cultivation.In this regard, Mozi admired his old enemy Confucianism. After Confucius, Mencius came out, and Confucianism, which was on the verge of extinction, managed to stand up, and it still became a prominent school in the world during the Warring States Period.Seeing that there is no such great talent behind him, Mo Zi always feels a little empty in his heart.For Mozi, not having a wife or son is not a big deal at all.However, it is a deep regret that there is no ideal successor to the great cause of justice created in his life. Mozi believes in the way of heaven, ghosts and gods, and believes that these wills in the dark must always find a power in the world to prevent people from decadent and degenerate. This power is himself and the Mohism he founded.The reason why the Mohist sword of justice is invincible is fundamentally the will of heaven and the power of ghosts and gods.The reason why God chooses Mohism is because Mozi has extraordinary talent, knowledge and skills. The ideas he advocates can speak for God, can distinguish good from evil in the world on behalf of ghosts and gods, and can punish evil like a mountain. Promote goodness. Mozi has no father, and his mother is a woman in the mountains far to the north.In Mozi's memory, his mother lived alone in the mountains and had never seen a man in her life.One spring, the woman went to the mountain to cut firewood, and fell down on the rock beside the clear spring. She dreamed that a big black bird flew into her bosom, and when she woke up, she gave birth to a boy.His mother named him "Wu" because he was the son of a black bird.His mother said that he was born with a bald head with only a circle of hair, and his feet were very big with calluses that were surprisingly thick, just like an old man who has gone through many vicissitudes of life!Mozi remembered that he had grown surprisingly fast, and at the age of six he had already become a boy with a height of five feet.When he was young, he always had a vague feeling in his heart that he should leave the mountains and go to the south, but he stared at the south in a daze all day long.At the age of eight, the strong mother died inexplicably and died without any illness, as if she came to this world just to give birth to this son.Mozi dug a pit in the dense forest on the mountainside, buried his mother, and then wandered aimlessly to the south.I can't remember how many years of walking, Mozi finally arrived in the prosperous Central Plains of China. In Song State on the south bank of the great river, a small official took in this weird little wanderer and asked him to be a servant at home. When the little servant was tidying up the bamboo slips in the study, he actually found that he seemed to vaguely know all the characters on the bamboo slips. When the master came back and asked, he actually read most of them correctly!The little official was shocked, and regarded him as a heavenly man, and immediately recommended it to the monarch of the Song Dynasty, so the little servant "Wu" became a small official of the Taimiao in the Song Dynasty. "Wu" felt that his name was not easy to call, so he changed his name from "Wu" to "Mo" and named him "Zhai", which means a long-tailed pheasant in the deep mountains.From then on, there was Mo Di in the Central Plains.Three years later, Mo Di resigned from office and took up the crown, traveled to the state of Lu, and studied under the Confucian disciples of Confucius' descendants.At that time, Mo Di was only eighteen years old.But this young man with a bald head, bare feet, high nose and deep eyes shocked all the Confucian disciples.He seems to have inherited a kind of unknown wisdom, and he has a vivid memory of the profound and profound Confucian knowledge, and he knows everything.A year later, Mo Di began to challenge Confucianism, refuting the absurd hypocrisy and pedantry of the Confucian school.Confucian children take turns to fight, but they can't resist!Even Zisi, the grandson of Confucius, was defeated in the debate with Mo Di.Scholars from all over the world came here to meet Lu Guo, but they all listened to Mo Di's lectures, which made Confucianism lose face.The disciples of Confucianism denounced it, and Mo Di left Confucianism angrily, gave lectures everywhere, and established his own set of Mohism within a few years. Celebrities all over the world are amazed, how can a young student under the age of 30 be able to put forward many profound propositions and propositions that he would not have been able to put forward unless he had suffered all the hardships of life?More importantly, each of these proposals put forward by Mo Di hits the crux of the suffering of the world, and each proposition glows with brilliant light, presenting a vivid sail for salvation to the hard-working people and the ravaged world.What makes the students all over the world even more ashamed is that not only Mozi's words are astonishing, but his actions are even more astonishing.He is the only one among the masters of the world school who refuses to become an official and works asceticly to save the world!Clothes and coarse food, helping the poor, punishing cruel officials, eliminating tyranny, and letting the light of universal love illuminate the suffering life—this kind of state, this kind of spirit, this kind of will, this kind of character, this kind of power, is beyond the reach of any school in the world. Look forward to it. Celebrities all over the world respect Mo Zhai as Mozi, and promote Mohism as the most famous school in the world. Of course, Mozi is not without enemies.In addition to Confucianism's harsh and vicious curses--Mozi never laughed contemptuously at those harsh words--there is also a steady and powerful frontal enemy, which is Legalism.The Legalists were the most powerful positive force in the Warring States Period.They believe that Mozi's ideas and actions are perverse and extreme, and can only save the little sufferings of the world, but cannot make the common people truly rich, and cannot make the country truly strong.Instead of going all out to help weak countries prevent aggression, how can legalists wholeheartedly make weak countries strong?Instead of helping those in need bit by bit, how could legalists carry out reforms to make the country rich and the people strong?The Mohists are raising the tide to stop the boiling, while the Legalists are pulling the bottom out of the pot.This is Legalism's strongest rebuttal.More importantly, the Legalists opposed Mohism's chivalrous behavior of ignoring the country's legal system, and believed that Mohism's rebellion against the trend of reform was a kind of narrow disturbance, which was basically the same as the backwardness of Confucianism! Mozi can despise Confucianism, but not Legalism.Legalists have always respected Mozi, and no famous Legalist has ever personally attacked Mozi.Legalism talks about principles, while Confucianism talks about people.If Mozi had not been an extraordinary philosopher, he might have retreated in the face of the legalist trend of reform and grand arguments.But Mo Zi was not like this. The Legalists' attack did not shake Mo Zi in the slightest.From the bottom of his heart, Mozi also believes that Legalism is the pillar to rectify the troubled times, but what Mohism guards is another warning line in the world. It wants to "promote the benefits of the world and eliminate the disadvantages of the world", and what it wants to punish is all evil and cruelty. , including the evil and cruelty that appeared in the legalist reform.Human viciousness will be squeezed out of all competition gaps, naturally including such trends as the legalist reform.The early reforms of Li Kui and Wu Qi both failed in the blood of evil. Li Kui retired and Wu Qi died tragically.Can the brutality in the reforms of the two countries be wiped out because of the reforms in Wei and Chu?In recent years, South Korea's Shen Buhui Reform, Qi State's Qi Weiwang Reform, and Qin State's Wei Yang Reform have all been full of killings.South Korea killed almost all powerful ministers, Qi State used a big cauldron to cook officials, and Qin State was the worst, killing civilians, farmers and even the most miserable slaves!Can such atrocities be written off because they are reforms?Of course it would be impossible without reforms in the world, but it would be even more impossible without the thunderbolt power to restrain the atrocities of reforms.Without the Mohists, without Mozi, wouldn't the world's tyrants and cruel officials be rampant? Old Mozi was not confused.He has not come out of the mountain after 30 years of silent observation of the reform, because he hopes that the reform of the world can be carried out with a broad mind of loving the world, and can bring peace to the world.However, he was disappointed in the end.Not to mention the bloody atrocities during the reform, even after the reform, the powerful country has not become a moderate and self-respecting country. They are still militarizing, using troops frequently, and swallowing one small and weak country after another!If the reform fails to sow the seeds of love in the world, but instead makes the fight for weapons more vicious, what is the justice of the reform?Now, Qin, a warlike country, has started murderous reforms again. Even if he becomes stronger, it will only bring more disasters to the world. Shouldn't the Mohists punish such cruel reforms? Wang Yuan said that Mohism and Qin State still have some connections.In the era when the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period despised the Qin State, only Taoists and Mohists did not treat the Qin State as an alternative, and they still studied in Qin State.Especially when Mozi planted his foundation in Shennong Mountain, he once transported many bricks, stones, ironware and grain into the mountain from the Nanshan Commercial Road of Qin State.Although Qin State was very poor at that time, it still respected the Mohists very much. As long as the Mohists had requests, the checkpoints of Qin State were always released smoothly.Although Qin is not strong enough, the princes of Shandong can't do anything to Qin.Therefore, the Mohists did not treat Qin as a small and weak country that must be assisted. For a long time, the two sides have maintained a harmonious relationship, and no one has caused trouble or unhappiness to anyone. Old Mozi's anger lies in his feeling that Qin's reform seems to have completely forgotten the power of the Mo family to eradicate tyranny, and dared to torture and kill on such a large scale!Is it tolerable, which is unbearable?The reactions of the backbone disciples also seemed a little too slow. Old Mozi had seen the secret report sent to him by the secret disciple alone a month ago, he did not move, he was just waiting for Qin Huali's reaction, and wanted to test the ability of the key disciples to respond to this important event.The result was unsatisfactory, and the old Mozi was not happy.Especially his most beloved female disciple, Xuan Qi, defended Qin's atrocities, which is beyond imagination. Old Mozi stood on the small bamboo building, looking up at the full moon in the sky, he couldn't help sighing.