The Mozi is one of the small number of key texts surviving from the first flowering of Chinese philosophy during the Warring States period (403–221 BC). In structure, the Mozi comprises five distinct parts. Part I, the Epitomes, contains seven short essays on elements of Mohist doctrine. Part II, the "Core Doctrines," contains twenty-four chapters: twenty-three from the presumed thirty original chapters, arranged as ten triads, which set out the ten central doctrines of Mo Zi's ethical, social and political philosophy, and one of the two presumed chapters articulating Mo Zi's opposition to Confucianism. Part III, on "dialectics," contains six chapters on logic, language, disputation, ethics, science and other matters, attributed to the Later Mohists and written, in part at least, in defence of the original Mohist doctrines. Part IV, the Dialogues, contains five chapters made up of lively conversations, edifying anecdotes and gnomic utterances, a form more characteristic of the philosophical writing of the time. Part V, on the defence of a city, contains eleven chapters detailing the principles and practices of defensive warfare, a subject on which Master Mo was acknowledged as the leading authority of the time. The Mozi is, then, a rich and varied work, and yet it has been sadly neglected, both in China and the West.

This is the first English translation of the complete work and the first bilingual version in any European language.

• 目錄
• Preface
• Introduction
  • I. Mo Zi ─ The Man
  • II. The Mohist School
  • III. Mozi ─ The Book
  • IV. The “Core” Doctrines
  • V. Mohist Responses to Other Pre-Han Philosophers
  • VI. Pre-Han Responses to Mohism
  • VII. Han Yu’s Essay
  • VIII. The Translation
• Key to Abbreviations
• Table of Equivalences for Weights and Measures
• The Mozi ─ Text and Translation
• Part I The Epitomes
  • 1. On Being Sympathetic towards Officers (Qin Shi親士)
  • 2. On Cultivating the Self (Xiu Shen修身)
  • 3. On Dyeing (Suo Ran所染)
  • 4. On Standards and Rules (Fa Yi法儀)
  • 5. On the Seven Misfortunes (Qi Huan七患)
  • 6. On Eschewing Faults (Ci Guo辭過)
  • 7. Three Arguments (San Bian三辯)
• Part II Core Doctrines
  • 8. Exalting Worthiness I (Shang Xian， Shang尚賢上)
  • 9. Exalting Worthiness II (Shang Xian， Zhong尚賢中)
  • 10. Exalting Worthiness III (Shang Xian， Xia尚賢下)
  • 11. Exalting Unity I (Shang Tong， Shang尚同上)
  • 12. Exalting Unity II (Shang Tong， Zhong尚同中)
  • 13. Exalting Unity III (Shang Tong， Xia尚同下)
  • 14. Universal Love I (Jian Ai， Shang兼愛上)
  • 15. Universal Love II (Jian Ai， Zhong兼愛中)
  • 16. Universal Love III (Jian Ai， Xia兼愛下)
  • 17. Condemning Offensive Warfare I (Fei Gong， Shang非攻上)
  • 18. Condemning Offensive Warfare II (Fei Gong， Zhong非攻中)
  • 19. Condemning Offensive Warfare III (Fei Gong， Xia非攻下)
  • 20. Moderation in Use I (Jie Yong， Shang節用上)
  • 21. Moderation in Use II (Jie Yong， Zhong節用中)
  • 22. Moderation in Use III (Jie Yong， Xia節用下) — Lost
  • 23. Moderation in Funerals I (Jie Zang， Shang節葬上) — Lost
  • 24. Moderation in Funerals II (Jie Zang， Zhong節葬中) — Lost
  • 25. Moderation in Funerals III (Jie Zang， Xia節葬下)
  • 26. Heaven’s Intention I (Tian Zhi， Shang天志上)
  • 27. Heaven’s Intention II (Tian Zhi， Zhong天志中)
  • 28. Heaven’s Intention III (Tian Zhi， Xia天志下)
  • 29. Percipient Ghosts I (Ming Gui， Shang明鬼上) — Lost
  • 30. Percipient Ghosts II (Ming Gui， Zhong明鬼中) — Lost
  • 31. Percipient Ghosts III (Ming Gui， Xia明鬼下)
  • 32. Condemning Music I (Fei Yue， Shang非樂上)
  • 33. Condemning Music II (Fei Yue， Zhong非樂中) — Lost
  • 34. Condemning Music III (Fei Yue， Xia非樂下) — Lost
  • 35. Against Fate I (Fei Ming， Shang非命上)
  • 36. Against Fate II (Fei Ming， Zhong非命中)
  • 37. Against Fate III (Fei Ming， Xia非命下)
  • 38. Against the Confucians I (Fei Ru， Shang非儒上) — Lost
  • 39. Against the Confucians II (Fei Ru， Xia非儒下)
• Part III Language， Logic ＆ Science
  • 40. Canons A (Jing， Shang經上)
  • 42. Explanations A (Jing Shuo， Shang經說上)(combined with chapter 40)
  • 41. Canons B (Jing， Xia經下)
  • 43. Explanations B (Jing Shuo， Xia經說下)(combined with chapter 41)
  • 44. Choosing the Greater (Da Qu大取)
  • 45. Choosing the Lesser (Xiao Qu小取)
• Part IV Dialogues
  • 46. Geng Zhu耕柱
  • 47. Valuing Righteousness (Gui Yi貴義)
  • 48. Gongmeng公孟
  • 49. Lu’s Questions (Lu Wen魯問)
  • 50. Gongshu公輸
  • 51. Lost
• Part V Defence of a City
  • 52. Preparing the Wall and Gates (Bei Cheng Men備城門)
  • 53. Preparing against the High Approach (Bei Gao Lin備高臨)
  • 54. Lost
  • 55. Lost
  • 56. Preparing against Ladders (Bei Ti備梯)
  • 57. Lost
  • 58. Preparing against Water (Flooding) (Bei Shui備水)
  • 59. Lost
  • 60. Lost
  • 61. Preparing against Sudden Attack (Bei Tu備突)
  • 62. Preparing against Tunnelling (Bei Xue備穴)
  • 63. Preparing against the “Ant Approach” (Bei E Fu備蛾傅)
  • 64. Lost
  • 65. Lost
  • 66. Lost
  • 67. Lost
  • 68. Sacrifices for Meeting the Enemy (Yingdi Ci迎敵祀)
  • 69. Flags and Pennons (Qi Zhi旗幟)
  • 70. Orders and Commands (Hao Ling號令)
  • 71. Miscellaneous Defences (Za Shou雜守)
• Bibliography
• Personal Names Index
• Places， Subjects ＆ Writings Index