Mozi's View of “The Benefits of the World”and its Modern Value

Liang Shan

Thought & Culture ›› 2024, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (34) : 233-246.

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Thought & Culture ›› 2024, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (34) : 233-246.

Mozi's View of “The Benefits of the World”and its Modern Value

  • Liang Shan
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As the core concept of Mozi's book, “The Benefits of the World"means that all the benefits of the world are shared by all the people in the world, and it appears in 11 chapters of the book, 21 times in total. Mozi's concept of "the benefits of the world" was born in the specific socio-economic relations and political environment of the pre-Qin period, and gradually developed and matured in the trend of “ a hundred schools of thought”, The development of productive forces and the regulation of production relations in the pre-Qin period laid the foundation for Mozi to put forward the concept of“the world's benefits”. The connotation of Mozi's concept of “the benefit of the world” includes three levels of content: “ benefit", “ righteousness” and “ the relationship between righteousness and benefit”. The highest principle of the concept is to “promote the interests of the world and get rid of the evils of the world”, the ideological principle is to “love each other and exchange benefits”, and the operational principles are “ non-attacking"and “ saving burials”. The highest principle of Mozi is “the benefit of the world”. Mozi's concept of “ the benefits of the world”, as one of the value foundations of the “ concept of common prosperity", is reflected in the value foundations at the national, social and individual levels. Discovering the modern value of the concept of“ the benefit of the world” is of great significance to the understanding of the communityof human destiny, which in turn plays an important role in building national self-confidence, enhancing cultural soft power, and realising the great rejuvenation of the Chinese natlon.

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