SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

  • Mozi – Chapter 32

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    Ana

    This chapter advances Mozi’s utilitarian critique of royal music. It argues music drains public funds, pulls labor from farming and governance, and fails to ease hunger or end wars, citing ancient edicts to demand a ban on extravagant musical performances.

  • Mozi – Chapter 31

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    Ana

    This chapter argues ghosts exist and reward virtue while punishing evil. It cites recorded ghost vengeance cases, sage-kings’ sacrificial rituals and ancient texts, holding belief in spirits vital to curb crimes and restore social order.

  • Mozi – Chapter 28

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    Ana

    This chapter holds Heaven’s will the absolute moral gauge. It criticizes people’s moral double standard: punishing petty crimes yet glorifying interstate wars, and stresses universal love as the only righteous path conforming to Heaven.

  • Mozi – Chapter 27

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    Ana

    This chapter holds Heaven the supreme source of righteousness. It states Heaven favors universal mutual aid and punishes warmongering partiality, using sage kings and tyrants as examples, and treats Heaven’s will as the objective standard to judge all conduct.

  • Mozi – Chapter 26

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    Ana

    This chapter introduces Heaven’s will as the universal moral yardstick. Heaven favors righteousness and universal love, punishes partiality and wars. Sage kings complied with it while tyrants defied it, bringing corresponding blessings and disasters.

  • Mozi – Chapter 25

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    Ana

    This chapter rejects lavish burials and long mourning. It argues they drain wealth, cut population and breed chaos, cites sage kings’ simple tombs, and advocates minimalist funerals to benefit both the living and deceased.