'Where there is universality, those living in large states don't attack small states, those living in large houses don't bring disorder to small houses, the str
A key work of ancient Chinese philosophy is brought back to life in Ian Johnston's compelling and definitive translation, new to Penguin Classics. Very little i
An English translation of the complete work and the first bilingual version in any European language. It is one of the small number of key texts surviving from
Mozi (fifth century B.C.) was an important political and social thinker and formidable rival of the Confucianists. He advocated universal love--his most importa
Mohism was an ancient Chinese philosophical movement founded in the fifth century BCE by the charismatic artisan Mòzi, or "Master Mo." Its practitioners advanc