The Immediate follower of Con-
Htucius was a highly original genius, the philosopher Mo Ti. He did not [depend upon the writings of anti. faulty to the extent that Confvcius did although he War % stoat love- of books, said Dr. Gale, His most serious difference with the Great Master was his hatred of music and a unique and essentially non-Chinese feature of his teaching was [His opposition to the long mourning period for parents, The centre of Mo Tie ethical teaching is the principle of "universal love" whereas Confucius taught "benevolence," which was love regulated by rank and classes out ward from oneself" and family and down the scale. Mo Ti's doctrines ed to his famous logical argument against war.
He was thus one, of the first cut~ spoken pacifists. Examples of this antiwar altitude exist elsewhere in several ancient military classics which teach that all the resources of diplomacy and strategy should Arst be exhausted before the armies are actually joined in physical combat
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.