"mo" Aesthetic Thought

As for a category associated with technology, technological aesthetics must be closely contacted with the technological production; but for a type of idea, technological aesthetics comes into being human's cognition of material culture long before, especially cognition of material production's esthetic regulation. From Pre-Qin times to the early years of the han dynasty, "Mo Zi" technical idea represent "technology beauty" with function of "benefited to others", and "humanity beauty"focused on "universal love" eminently. So, in this sense, the thinking of "Mo Zi" has character of technical aesthetics."Mo Zi" technical aesthetics thinking is related to the survival of human, mainly manifesting "technology beauty" with function of "benefited to others". Technology of "Mo Zi", is not only widely used in facilitating the daily production and life, but also used by national defense and military. The "technology beauty"peculiarity of "Mo Zi" considers gentleman who "acts" and "benefits to others", which is adverse to Confucian hileon, and abandons Taoists'distinguish between "high technology" and "low technology". Be restricted by criterion judgment of "benefit to others", the "technology beauty"peculiarity of "Mo Zi" emphasizes interaction of theory and practice.The technology beauty idea of "Mo Zi" associates with human's existence, and mainly reflects "humanity beauty". "Universal love" is a "pure love". Mohism humanistic care aims of "universal love", which is correlated with Confucian humanistic care based on "benevolence", and is different with Taoists humanistic care that thinks "nature" as the best. The character of "technology beauty"peculiarity about "Mo Zi" technical aesthetics thinking is never putting away the effect of cultivation, and relate benefit to "loyal", "filial piety" and "brotherhood" to let it be actualization. Advocating people "sparen" and "non-offence", shows "Mo Zi" opposing waste and war, and manifests his economization and loving of peace.The "technology beauty" peculiarity of "Mo Zi" indicates unique aesthetic characteristics, and enriches Chinese traditional aesthetic culture ideas, and enlightens the humanistic care modern of technology development. However, the "technology beauty" peculiarity of "Mo Zi" emphasizes utility excessively, and ignores esthetic function. So, we should carry on good thinking of the "technology beauty" peculiarity of "Mo Zi".