Mysterious Master Moji
Mysterious and profound philosophical master of ancient China Moji (called Boku-Shi in Japanese) is believed to be born after the death of great teacher Confucius since Confucius never mentioned Moji.
So, Moji is introduced today as follows:
Born in Tengzhou, Shandong Province, China, he founded the school of Mohism, and argued strongly against Confucianism and Daoism. During the Warring States Period, Mohism was actively developed and practiced in many states, but fell out of favour when the legalist Qin Dynasty came to power. During that period, many Mohist classics were ruined when Qin Shihuang carried out the burning of books and burying of scholars.As Moji is believed to be born and lived between 470 BC to 391 BC, he can be regarded as contemporary with Socrates (469 BC to 399 BC) or the Buddha (463 BC to 383 BC) though Confucius (551 BC to 479 BC) criticized by Moji had lived earlier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozi
Moji was different from any other philosophers and philosophical masters of ancient China in that he led a band of warriors. But they simply joined different kings on different occasions in the warring period of ancient China not for invasion and offence but solely for defense purposes.
Yet, Moji was a master, among others, the closest to Christianity.
Great Confucius said that he would not discuss ghosts, holy ghosts, or holy gods, since he was yet to master everything in this world. Nonetheless, Moji claimed that ghosts, holy ghosts, or holy gods should be a focus of philosophy. Moji criticized Confucianism that the school respected rituals and music while neglecting souls of spiritual entities. Above all, Moji said that love did not have to necessarily start and expand from a family to a state as Confucius claimed; love must apply equally to everybody under the heaven.
As Moji's teaching was close to Christianity, his school was reminded Chinese of in the late 19th century over 200-year oblivion as China at the time faced full invasion by and aggression of Western powers.
When the king of the state of Chu planned invasion of the state of Song, one of his engineers invented a ladder type of machine to attack citadels of Song. When this information reached him, Moji hurried to Chu to see the king. The king respected master Moji but could not easily accept Moji's request not to invade Song. So, the king of Chu asked Moji to fight a simulation war on the desk with the very engineer who invented the powerful attack machine, sayng, "Master Moji, if you could successfully defend against all the attacks my engineer will deliver, I would not attack Song." And after defeating all the tactics the engineer used, Moji had still other means to use for defense in the war game on the desk. The military engineer lost face befor his king and hence said, "I still have a means to destroy your defense, Master Moji!" "Yes, I know," responded Moji, "your last and secret tactics is to kill me here right now so that Song cannot defend based on my advice!" Moji continued, "But I have already sent 300 of my followers to Song with my secret advice to the king of Song. You cannot stop them all." Then, the king of Chu, watching all the exchanges of tactics and words between his faithful engineer and prestigious master Moji, pledged to Moji, "Master Moji, I will not make war with Song."
The, Moji left the castle of Chu. Moji was passing the state of Song to his headquarters in the state of Qi. But it suddenly started to rain. Moji sought shelter from rain at the gate of a fortress of Song. But a soldier policing the gate thought the man standing under the roof of the gate was a beggar but not a great leader of a great band of philosophical warriors who saved his state just now. So the soldier drove Moji out into rain. Moji didn't tell what he was but walked into rain to Qi.
(to be continued...)
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Luk 1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.