Abstract:

As to the consciousness of the community with a shared future for mankind, there is something worth exploring in Mozi. Mozi advocated the most universal community ideal of the “unity of all under Heaven”, in which individuals can love and benefit each other, and “promote the beneficial and abolish the harmful” for the community since they are enthusiastic about public affairs. Besides, different communities can also achieve the unity of will and large-scale cooperation to eliminate interpersonal and inter-group mutual injury and solve the chaos and disorder in the world fundamentally. Of course, we should examine that there is a tendency in Mozi to neglect individuals′ free will, which will lead to totalitarianism, and the absence of considering how to promote will unity effectively.

Key words: Mozi, community, unity of all under Heaven