Attack Thinking. Mozi And The Significance Of Building A Harmonious World

The idea of non-attack of Mozi is the flag that the Chinese people are very fond of peace. Mozi lived at the time of Spring-Autumn and the Warring States , the chaos caused by war was frequent, Mozi embarked from the universal love, promoted with great effort non-attack. So-called non-attack that was said simply opposed the aggressive war, but Mozi not totally opposed all the wars, he insisted on justice war in self-defenses. At the same time, the idea of non-attack contained the criterion that processed the country and the country relations. Mozi requested between the countries cherished mutually, offered mutual benefit and achieved common progress,not damaging benefit of the other country. This stayed Mozi ideal that disappeared the chaos caused by war, achieved peace and structure a harmonious world .From historical development's angle, Mozi did not recognize the war on social development promoter action, the proof of the war harm also has the imperfect place, but he attacked the war to sum up as the biggest injustice , and gave condemning on morality, this has manifested his one kind of fine desire to the harmonious world . Therefore, we need to fully excavate the Chinese traditional culture and carry on the science to bring honor to. It is in this sense, we carry out an exploration on non-attack , hoping that could to structure the harmonious world to provide essential model. How to absorb and profit the reasonable ingredient of the idea of non-attack is an important theoretical and practical significance of the topic, it is worth our careful study and explore.The paper systematically inspected social background and the theory origin that the idea of non-attack was formed, based on which profoundly disinter the characteristics of non-attack, and we focus on the modern significance of structuring a harmonious world brought by the idea of non-attack.The first part we based on reality of Spring-Autumn and the Warring States and comment that the social condition of the idea of non-attack forming from the economy, politics and culture. Simultaneously Mozi has placed the hundred school of thought contending time. So he was received inevitably by early Confucian culture, anti-war and peace thought of the Taoism and non-attack and peace thought handed down from the Song person gradually, which for the formation of the idea of non-attack provided a source of profound theories. In the second part disinterred the characteristics of non-thought using dialectical and historical materialism method. The idea of non-attack of Mozi has his bright characteristics: Firstly,non-attack took the universal love as theoretical basis, resolved the contradictions between the countries at that time,and realized its ideal inevitable conclusion. Secondly, non-attack took justice as basic standard of value, supported the defense war and affirmed just war. Lastly, non-attack contained a fundamental criterion of processing the relationship between the countries,which was supported by the small and weak countries. Mozi opposed to attack stood up in common people's standpoint to protect the benefit of the small producer and stable social livelihood of the people as the starting point, which represented and reflected the demands and aspirations of the common people. But it was separated from with actual situation, there was certain historical limitation. So we should look on the non-attack dialectically and developmentally.In the third part we focus on the modern significance of structuring a harmonious world brought by the idea of non-attack. The Chinese leaders elaborated that all the countries in the world would develop friendly relations in the different international and domestic situation many times. This will promote the construction of stability, common prosperity, mutual cooperation and tolerant world, which is consistent with the idea of non-attack of Mozi in the connotation. Absorbing and learning the positive factor from the idea of non-attack of Mozi have important significance to structure the harmonious world nowadays. Carry forward the spirit of universal love and build the relations on an equal basis between countries. Focus on the benefits of the world and drive the course of the globalization commonly. Insist justice to draft injustice and dare to combat with hegemonism. Play the universal love and non-attack role in peace. The idea of non-attack helps us deep the understanding of contemporary Chinese diplomacy strategy.