(about 468-376 BC) A thinker, scholar and founder of Mohism in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period.

Mozi's surname is Mo Mingzhai, and he is from the State of Lu (Tengzhou). Mozi was born in Buyi, claiming to be "humble in the north" (the love class of Lv's Spring and Autumn Period), a Buyi man (Lv's Spring and Autumn Period) and a "bitch" (Old Story of Zhu Gong).

Wang Chong of the Han Dynasty even said, "Confucius is a fool and Qiu Zhai is a saint." (Lun Heng Ji Zi) used to be a doctor in the Song Dynasty, boasting that "the upper class has nothing to do, and the lower class has no difficulty in farming" (Mozi Guiyi), and he is a scholar who sympathizes with the "people of peasants and workers". After studying under Shijiao, he inherited the method of clearing the temple.

? He also studied Confucianism, the art of Confucius, praised Yao, obeyed Dayu, and knew poetry, books and spring and autumn. Dissatisfied with Confucian rites and music, he abandoned Zhou Dao and used Xia Zheng.

? Advocating universal love, mutual non-aggression, Shang Xian and Shang Tong, frugality, burial, non-happiness, ambition, ghosts and fate, taking universal love as the core, frugality and Shang Xian as the fulcrum. He is a man who "corrects himself with rope and ink, but is anxious to prepare for the world" (Zhuangzi Tianxia).

In order to publicize his ideas, Mozi accepted many students and followed hundreds of disciples, forming a huge Mohist school.

Mozi said that "princes" and "walkers" were almost "obedient" (Mozi Meng Gong). "Zhuangzi Tianxia" praised: "Mozi is really the best in the world! I'll ask, but I can't. Although I am very embarrassed, I am a talent! " Where are the tracks? East to Qi, west to Zheng and Wei, south to Chu and Yue.

He argued with the public transport class and successfully stopped Chu's war of aggression against Song. Mozi is knowledgeable, skilled and well-made. He once made a "wooden kite" and couldn't fly for three days and nights. He was also good at guarding the city, and later learned to sum up his experience as 21 guarding the city. He also made some achievements in the theory of Ming Debate and became one of the founders of Ming Debate in the Warring States Period.

Mozi's deeds can be found in Xunzi, Han Feizi, Zhuangzi, Lu Chunqiu, Huai Nanzi and other books, and his thoughts are mainly preserved in mohists after Mozi. ?

Collected works of Mozi Mohist school. Liu Xiang sorted out 71 articles in the Western Han Dynasty and gradually disappeared after the Six Dynasties. Fifty-three Taoist scriptures have been handed down from generation to generation. The old book title was written by Mo Zhai, but it includes the works of Mozi disciples and later Mohism, and it is the main classics for studying Mohism.