Founding of Mohism
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Philosophy, Religion, Ethics, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Philosophers
- Curriculum: Asian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: China
- Date: Early 4th century
Article abstract: The founding of the Mohist school ushered in ideas and practices involving meritocratic, law-based systems of government that helped shape the development of empire and civil service for twenty-three thousand years.
Summary of Event
Mo Di, referred to posthumously and by his own disciples as Mozi, is renowned as an ethicist, political philosopher, and man of irreproachable behavior. He is the purported founder of Mohism, a school of thought that was perpetuated and developed under the aegis of several main disciples and leaders, or...
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