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Mozi 墨子 "Master Mo" is a book compiled by the early Warring States period 戰國 (5th cent.-221 BCE) philosopher Mo Di 墨翟 (c. 476-c. 390 BCE).
He was probably born into a noble family in Song 宋 (with the name Muyi 目夷 or Motai 墨臺) but lived the very common live of a wandering advisor and traveled from state to state.
He served the rulers of Song, Lu 魯 (where his family had lived for some time), Wei 衛, Qi 齊, Chu 楚 and Yue 越.
Mo tzu chinese philosopher mozi
There is one story that Mozi traveled day and night to reach the court of King Hui of Chu 楚惠王 (r. 488-432) to prevent him from beginning a conquest war against Song. He presented a memorial to the king of Chu but refused to be rewarded, and left the court.
This story includes two of Mozi's main philosophical concepts, namely not to wage offensive war, and to refrain from luxury. In Qi, Mozi tried to stop Xiangzi Niu's 項子牛 from attacking the state of Lu, but Mozi did not succeed.
When the king of Yue offered him an office and an