This chapter records debates between Mozi and Confucian Gong Mengzi. Mozi refutes Confucian views on passive conduct, ancient robes, fatalism, elaborate funerals and empty music, denouncing four harmful Confucian doctrines while acknowledging Confucius’ valid ideas.
by Han Fei Long ago, the Yellow Emperor assembled spirits and demons on Mount Tai.
A woman in her mid-twenties came to our village, carrying a medicine bag on her arm and offering medical treatment. Someone went to her to have an illness treated. The woman could not make up a prescription herself: she had to wait till nightfall and take counsel with spirits.