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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 12 -> Esteem for Righteousness -> 17

墨子Mozi was going north to Qi and met a fortune teller on the way.
The fortune teller told him:
"God kills the black dragon in the north to-day.
Now, your complexion is dark.
。」 You must not go north."
墨子Mozi did not listen to him
and went north.
At the Ze River
he could proceed no further and returned.
:「。」The fortune teller said: "I have told you that you must not go north."
墨子 Mozi said:
People on the south, of course, cannot go north (of the Ze River),
but neither can those on the north come south.
(Moreover), there are the dark-complexioned, but there are also the fair-complexioned.
Why is it that neither can proceed?
Besides, God kills the blue dragon on the days of Jia and of Yi in the East,
the red dragon on the days of Bing and of Ding in the South,
西 the white dragon on the days of Geng and of Xin in the West,
and the black dragon on the days of Ren and of Gui in the North.
According to you then
天下 all the travellers in the world will be prohibited,
天下 then all their plans will be curbed and the world made empty.
。」 Your idea is not to be adopted.


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