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cannot even survive . Therefore , Tang and King Wu attacked the tyrant in order to obey the command of Heaven and for the vital interests of the people of the dawn of the world . They did not do anything unjust . Both attacks and denunciations resorted to force ; they are similar in form , but completely opposite in nature in the eyes of Mozi . Attack is evil , it reverses black and white , and it hurts others not to benefit oneself ; Whereas denunciation is justified to make right the wrong and to fight for the welfare of the people . Even if we have to pay a price in denunciation , we will in return achieve peace and remove the root cause of war . Thus it can be seen that Mozi held a positive attitude towards the denunciation for the sake of the people and for the achievement of justice .
In theory , Mozi ' s perception of war has a lot of common in the principles that formed the basis of the doctrine of " jus ad bellum " in the Western tradition of just war . " Jus ad bellum " includes six principles : the just cause , the last resort , proportionality , the probability of success , good intentions , and legitimate power . It is generally believed that only when the purpose is expelling the aggressor or a preventive blow , war is allowed . This is consistent with Mozi ' s views on war . At the same time , in the perception of Mozi , it is also possible to find the proportional principle of the " jus ad bellum ", which is suitable from the perspective of morality .
Universal love and disorder control
Mozi lived in an age of disintegration of the rite system , a society full of war , famine and tyranny . Mozi greatly sympathized with the poor people living under the flames of war , and in order to reduce the chances of predatory war between the strong and the weak , he proposed the idea of " universal love ". " Universal love " is one of the core theories of Mozi , whose fundamental spirit is to emphasize that love has no difference , but uniformity . Only by achieving " universal love " can we achieve " non-attack ".
Universal love requires that people break through class differences , make no distinction between relatives and distant ones , noble or lowly , and love others with the attitude of loving oneself : " We should regard the country of others as the country of ourselves , the home of others as the home of ourselves , and the body of others as the body of ourselves ( Mozi 1997 , 29 )" (“ Universal love ”, part 2 .). Mohism attributed the root cause of chaos to human nature , everyone loves themselves but does not love each other , forget what is right when facing interests . In Mozi ' s view , " universal love " can eliminate all the chaos caused by " love oneself ". " Universal love " is used to unify the messy individual consciousness and
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