Sun YiRang And The Modern Revival Of Mohism

The modern revival of Mohism is of great significance in the history of Chinese philosophy.From the late Qing Dynasty to the beginning of the Republic of China,there has been a particularly striking phenomenon in the Chinese ideological and cultural filed: on the one hand,the prelude to the large-scale Western learning to the east has been opened,and Western evolutionary and civil rights theories have flooded into the country and received.The active study and dissemination of progressive intellectuals;on the other hand,the long-suffering literary classics,Lu Wangxinxue,Moxue and other traditional Chinese theories have been revived,and there has been a prosperous situation in which Western learning and revival of sinology are contending.As a master of Confucianism in the late Qing Dynasty,his thoughts are quite different from those of Confucianism.He is widely involved in the study of the philosophers and is deeply influenced by Western thoughts.He has made great achievements in terms of examinations,exegesis,and interpretation.In particular,Sun Yirang allowed the masters of the family to re-examine and clarify the Mo School,so that the value of Moxue can be revived.In fact,the modern revival of Mohism is not unfounded,nor a far-fetched attachment to Western studies,but an era of modern social thought and cultural development.The reason why Moxue has a strong renaissance is that the relationship between Mohism and Western learning will come through.Under the new social environment and historical conditions,Mo Xue was re-examined with Western learning.Secondly,in the process of cultural exchanges and collisions between Chinese and Western cultures,scholars have found that there are many similarities or similarities between Mohism and Western science,democracy,ethics,and religion.This not only finds a combination point and a foothold for learning the advantages of Western learning,but also opens up a new path for re-establishing the cultural confidence of the Chinese nation.In addition,with the advancement of the revolutionary movement,Mohism has become an ideological resource for modern Chinese revolutionaries to build a revolutionary spirit,disseminate progressive ideas,and establish cultural self-confidence.Therefore,the revival of modern Mohism is in line with the needs of the times and is the product of the combination of cultural self-confidence and revolutionary self-confidence.As a progressive intellectual,Sun Yirang's study of Mohism shoulders the special historical mission of national rejuvenation and enlightenment.Under the social background of the decline of the status of Confucianism,the prevalence of the text,the Western Learning and the New Culture Movement,Sun Yirang gave him a profound foundation in Chinese studies and an open academic vision,which enabled him to take care of both China and the West and surpass his predecessors in the process of ink control.With a keen eye,he reveals the similarities between the thoughts of the Mohist family's love,the sage,the debate,the science and technology,the Tianzhi and the Ming and the modern Western liberal democracy,scientific rationalism and religious ethics.He not only skillfully used traditional methods of ink control such as exegesis,textual research,and school interpretation,but also advocated the precedent of Chinese and Western comparisons,actively absorbed and quoted Western studies,and carried out systematic and deep theoretical analysis of Mohism.In summary,Sun Yirang's study of Mohism is a monument to the modern revival of Mohism,which has had a profound impact on later generations and still has important enlightenment and reference significance.