Chapter 43 The Betrayal of the Mo Family
"To be honest, I don't know much about the Mohist principles... But it's always okay for us to analyze them. Let's talk about it, what is the Mohist principles you have learned?" Ju Zizhou said.
"I think the Mohist principles are in common with our principles." Ying Zheng said: "The Mohist schools emphasize that we can survive in the world and grow and grow because of the mutual help of people. People are equal in the process of mutual help, and oppose most of the current high-level and inferior relationships."
Ying Zheng explained in detail the Mohist philosophical principles that he heard from the Mohist master inquiries during the day.
In the middle, Xiong Qi brought people to deliver six dishes. Ju Zizhou ate while listening to Ying Zheng's story.
After Ying Zheng repeated the Mohist principles, Ju Zizhou's eating and drinking stopped.
"So this is the rumored "love and mutual benefit"." He was shocked.
The height of the Mohist thoughts is probably beyond the 90% of the thoughts of the same era.
The so-called "universal love" is love for everyone who ignores the difference between class and identity.
And all the theories derived from this are extremely logical!
"Senior brother, why do I always feel that their theory is correct after hearing the Mo family's principles?" Ying Zheng said confused: "But in some places, it is so contrary to the facts I know?"
"The Mohist school's principles are very clever, and to a large extent transcend the times!" Ju Zizhou sighed: "Their theoretical foundation is "love" and "profit", which refers to love for all "people", which is "absolute" love and benefit that transcends identity, race, and transcends the shackles of time and space."
"If this concept is correct, then everything derived from this is theoretically correct!" Ju Zizhou sighed: "But unfortunately, this is the principle of the people of the lower classes in society!"
"Is it incorrect because it comes from the bottom?" Ying Zheng and Zhang big eyes: "What's the reason?"
"It's not that it's incorrect to say it comes from the bottom." Ju Zizhou shook his head.
"What the Mohist school calls "equality for everyone" is based on "absolute" love and profit."
"This is very typical, from the underlying concept."
"Because people who are above will not regard the existence of livestock under their feet as "love" as the same kind of people, and will not acknowledge their love and benefits for themselves."
"Only intellectuals who are both physical and mentally willing to speak out for the people at the bottom can realize that after witnessing the war, seeing the princes and gangsters being killed like pig dogs, and breaking their superstition about the old "justice" and "sacredness" in their hearts, they realize that the princes and gangsters can be killed with one knife."
"Only after realizing this, we will realize the principle of "equality for everyone" from nothing."
"At this point, the Mohist school deserves to be a theory that arises from the bottom of society." Ju Zizhou sighed; "But the "absolute" love and benefit for everyone in the world that they were born is wrong!"
"All theories behind are wrong because of the errors in the foundation."
"What does it mean?" Ying Zheng shook his head: "I don't understand."
"Because there is no "hate" in the world without reason, and in contrast, there is no "love" without reason."
"As for the so-called absolute "love" and the so-called "virtue", there has never been such a thing since we have distinguished the superiority and the differentiation of classes!"
"You common people can "love" the king and "benefit" the king, but will the king really "love" the common people in the same manner and degree in turn "benefit" the common people?"
"A Zheng, if you give the victims outside a bite and have a chance to make money, they will trust you, love you, and be willing to die for you."
"But on the other hand, they give you a bite of food and a little money, will you be willing to die for them?"
Ying Zheng opened his mouth and couldn't speak.
"The Mohist principles are the foundation of the problem."
"They shouldn't have "absolute" love!"
"They should not love those kings, princes, generals and ministers!"
"Because that's their enemy."
"The Mohist school should eliminate those guys, instead of "love" them and "benefit" them."
"Zi Mozi is great, but A Zheng, please answer me, who is the "foundation" of his Mo family?" Ju Zizhou asked.
"The "foundation" of the Mohist school?" Ying Zheng thought for a while: "He is a lower class."
"I am a lower class, and I am a handicraft with some technology, as well as a middle-aged and rich peasant who owns a certain amount of his own land."
"They advocate their "love" and "profit", which is essentially to enhance the social status of this group of people at the bottom."
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"The Mo family formed a society, shared wealth, and stopped war. They were indeed noble."
"But what are they doing?" Ju Zizhou asked: "Simply judge everything with his own "righteousness", and stop wars and lobby the monarchs to raise the status of the lower class."
"If others do these things, they are good things that are morally noble."
"But the Mohist family did it, it was betrayal!"
"Why?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Because the "foundation" of the Mohist school is the lower class."
"What they should be loyal to is their "foundation", that is, the group of people at the bottom!"
"But Mo Zi was confined to the times and his experiences, he could not understand what his "fundament" lies and what his "fundament" required - those people's requirements never maintained the existing pattern, never relying on the recognition of the king, fear and compassion to fight for the way of survival for himself and to raise his status for himself!"
"What they want is..." Ju Zizhou clenched his fists and raised it in front of Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng immediately understood: "What they want is to use a war guided by absolute violence, and to kill all the kings and generals and ministers to achieve their own status!"
"The Mo family used to have the ability to do all this!" Ju Zizhou laughed twice. His teeth were white, like a dead bone: "But although Mo Zi is powerful, he is also kind."
"While he learned Confucian knowledge from the upper class, he also learned the "retro" characteristics and compromise of Confucianism!"
"So he looked forward and did not dare to change the world with the violence he had already obtained, for fear that too many innocent people would die because of him, for fear that they would destroy the existing pattern in the world and cause turmoil."
"So that's it!" When Ying Zheng heard this, he suddenly felt a sense of courage in his heart to guide the country: "If I were Zi Mozi, I would definitely lead the people, kill the kings and marquis, seize the country, and establish a magical weapon again!"
The sonorous and powerful voice of a child came out of the house, which made Xiong Qi feel frightened when he was waiting outside the door.
"But you are not Mo Zi!" Ju Zizhou looked at Ying Zheng with cold eyes.
He pursed his lips.
I never thought of asking you to be a mere Mozi!
"I am Sun Zheng, the King of Qin!" Ying Zheng looked up at Ju Zizhou and smiled happily: "I know what I want to do!"
Seeing that Ying Zheng quickly came to his senses, Ju Zizhou laughed, took a sip of rice wine, and said, "Then, A Zheng, I want you to start learning the methods of Mohist association!"
"Why?" Ying Zheng was puzzled: "Shouldn't our own methods be more skillful than the Mohist methods?"
"But the Mohist school has its merits." Ju Zizhou touched Ying Zheng's head: "Take the strengths and make up for your own weaknesses."
"If you don't learn some of the Mohist methods, how can the Mohist people believe you?"
Chapter completed!