The Essential Mòzǐ: Ethical, Political, and Dialectical Writings

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Mo Zi Chris Fraser (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Hong Kong)

The Essential Mòzǐ

Ethical, Political, and Dialectical Writings

Mo Zi, Chris Fraser (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Hong Kong)

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Oxford University Press
09 July 2020

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Asian history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Social & political philosophy

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'The task of the benevolent person is surely to diligently seek to promote the benefit of the world and eliminate harm to the world'

The Mòzǐ is among the founding texts of the Chinese philosophical tradition, presenting China's earliest ethical, political, and logical theories. The collected works introduce concepts, assumptions, and issues that had a profound, lasting influence throughout the classical and early imperial eras. Mòzǐ and his followers developed the world's first ethical theory, and presented China's first account of the origin of political authority from a state of nature. They were prominent social activists whose moral and political reform movement sought to improve the welfare of the common people and eliminate elite extravagance and misuse of power.

In this new translation, Chris Fraser focuses on the philosophical aspects of the writing and allows readers to truly enter the Mohists' world of thought. This abridged edition includes the essential political and social topics of concern to this vital movement.

Informed by traditional and recent scholarship, the translation presents the Mohists' ideas and arguments clearly, precisely, and coherently, while accurately reflecting the meaning, terminology, and style of the original.

By: Mo Zi
Edited and translated by: Chris Fraser (Associate Professor Department of Philosophy University of Hong Kong)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 238g
ISBN: 9780198848103
ISBN 10: 0198848102
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 09 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Fraser is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of The Philosophy of the Mozi (Columbia, 2016), Late Classical Chinese Thought (Oxford, forthcoming), and many dozen research articles on early Chinese ethics, epistemology, philosophy of language and logic, and philosophy of mind and action. His work can be accessed at cjfraser.net

Reviews for The Essential Mòzǐ: Ethical, Political, and Dialectical Writings

The annotated translation (commendably, Chinese terms are rendered using Pīnyīn including tonal marks) is elegantly crafted and indeed mindful of past terminological debates in the relevant scholarship...Both students and scholars of East Asian religion will have much to gain from this master translation. * Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review * Both students and scholars of East Asian religion will have much to gain from this master translation. * Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review * It offers an exceptional and philosophically informed translation of the text. It is easily among the most important works of recent decades in Mohist studies. * Yun Wu, Dao *