Mozi
Mozi (Cheenese: 墨子; pinyin: Mòzǐ; Wade–Giles: Mo Tzu Laitinised as Micius;[1] c. 470 – c. 391 BC),[2] oreeginal name Mo Di (Cheenese: 墨翟), wis a Chinese philosopher in the Hunder Schuils o Thocht period (early portion o the Warrin States period of c.475–221 BC).
Mozi 墨翟 | |
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| Born | c. 470 BC State o Lu, Zhou Kinrick (present-day Tengzhou, Shandong Province) |
| Dee'd | c. 391 BC |
| Era | Auncient philosophy |
| Region | Chinese philosophy |
| Schuil | Mohism |
Main interests | Moral philosophy/ethics, social an poleetical philosophy, logic, epistemology |
Notable ideas | Mohism |
Influenced
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.svg) "Mozi" in seal script (tap) an regular (bottom) Cheenese chairacters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheenese | 墨子 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leeteral meanin | Master Mo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cheenese | 墨翟 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leeteral meanin | (personal name) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
eedit- ↑ Hansen, Chad (1992). A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Interpretation. Oxford University Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-19-506729-3.
There was a fleeting movement to introduce use of Micius for Mozi, whose bones no doubt relaxed when the movement failed.
- ↑ Průšek, Jaroslav and Zbigniew Słupski, eds., Dictionary of Oriental Literatures: East Asia (Charles Tuttle, 1978): 119-120.