He put forward the famous "Susie theory", which holds that human nature is like Susie, "it is pale when dyed in the sky, and dim when dyed in yellow". He used Susie and dyed silk as metaphors to vividly illustrate the importance of environment and education to the formation of human nature. Therefore, he emphasized that "dyeing should not be sloppy". Triggered by the social ideal of "mutual love and mutual benefit",
Mozi advocates taking "being a scholar" as the training goal of education, and realizing the administration of sages through them. Part-time scholars should have three requirements: knowledge and skills, thinking and argumentation, and high moral character. Among them, noble morality is particularly important. Only in this way can part-time scholars take it as their responsibility to promote the benefits and eliminate the harm of the world, regardless of each other, relatives and friends, rich and poor, and be able to "have food when hungry, clothes when cold, and doctors when sick" for everyone.
In terms of educational content, Mozi not only advocated political and moral education, literature and history education, but also paid special attention to the education of scientific and technological knowledge and the education of cultivating thinking ability. The former includes the education of production and military science and technology knowledge and the education of natural science knowledge, with the purpose of training and forming logical thinking ability, being good at arguing with others, persuading others and selling their own political opinions. Compared with the "six arts" education advocated by Confucianism, this is an important creation of Mozi's educational content. In terms of educational principles and methods, Mozi does not agree with the Confucian method of "treating oneself", but advocates that "although you don't knock, you must sing" and you should actively preach. You are not satisfied with Confucius' method of "believing in the past without words", but emphasizing that "the good in the past will be said and the good in today will be done". Today's educational methods. He believes that "a scholar has knowledge, but his behavior is internal". He also pointed out that students' knowledge level should be considered in the teaching process, so as to be "deep, shallow, beneficial and respectful". He is the first educator who clearly put forward the principle of acting according to one's ability in the history of education in China. Mozi, different from Confucian educational thought, contains many reasonable contents and is a wonderful flower in the garden of ancient educational thought in China.