Manufacturing Mohism in the Mencius
Asian Philosophy 21 (2):139 - 152 (2011)
| Abstract | The Mencius contains several negative remarks about the Mohists and their doctrine of ?universal love? (jian?ai). However, little attention has been paid to whether Mencius? descriptions of Mohism were accurate. Fortunately, there is a surviving record of the beliefs of Mozi in the text that bears his name. In this essay, I analyze this text and descriptions of Mohism from other early Chinese texts, and compare them to the criticisms of Mohism in the Mencius. Ultimately, I show that the image of the Mohists as ones who promoted a doctrine that contradicted filial piety was inaccurate, and obscured the complexities of filial piety in the Warring States period | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,679 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesWhalen Lai (1993). The Public Good That Does the Public Good: A New Reading of Mohism. Asian Philosophy 3 (2):125 β 141.
Kwong-loi Shun (1991). Mencius' Criticism of Mohism: An Analysis of "Meng Tzu" 3a:. Philosophy East and West 41 (2):203-214.
Qingping Liu (2001). Is Mencius' Doctrine of 'Commiseration' Tenable? Asian Philosophy 11 (2):73 – 84.
Qingping Liu (2004). Is Mencius' Doctrine of 'Extending Affection' Tenable? Asian Philosophy 14 (1):79 – 90.
Kwong-loi Shun (1997). Mencius and Early Chinese Thought. Stanford University Press.
Mencius (2009). Mencius. Columbia Univ Pr.
Chun-Chieh Huang (2013). What's Ignored in ItΕ Jinsai's Interpretation of Mencius? Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 12 (1):1-10.
James Behuniak (2002). Mencius on Becoming Human. Dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Qingping Liu (2003). Filiality Versus Sociality and Individuality: On Confucianism as "Consanguinitism". Philosophy East and West 53 (2):234-250.
John Schrecker (1997). Filial Piety as a Basis for Human Rights in Confucius and Mencius. Journal of Chinese Philosophy 24 (3):401-412.
James A. Ryan (1997). A Defence of Mencius' Ethical Naturalism. Asian Philosophy 7 (1):23 β 36.
James A. Ryan (1998). Moral Philosophy and Moral Psychology in Mencius. Asian Philosophy 8 (1):47 β 64.
Liu Qingping (2007). Special Topic: Filial Piety: The Root of Morality or the Source of Corruption? Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 6 (1):1-19.
Jane Geaney (1999). Associate Professor of Religion. Journal of the American Oriental Society 19 (1):1-11.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2011-05-11Total downloads10 ( #106,301 of 549,078 )Recent downloads (6 months)0How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
