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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 7 -> Will of Heaven III -> 4

That Heaven loves all the people of the world is proved not only by this.
天下
1
In all the countries in the world and among all the people who live on grains, the murder of one innocent individual brings down one calamity.
2
Now who is it that murders the innocent?
It is man.
Who is it that sends down the calamity?
It is Heaven.
If Heaven really did not love the people, why does Heaven send down calamities for the murder of the innocent?
Furthermore, Heaven loves the people dearly,
Heaven loves the people inclusively.
And this can be known.
How do we know Heaven loves the people?
Because of the certain reward to the good and punishment to the evil from the virtuous (Heaven).
How do we know the virtuous (Heaven) certainly rewards the good and punishes the evil?
I know this from the (examples of) the sage-kings of the Three Dynasties.
天下Anciently, the sage-kings of the Three Dynasties, Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu, loved the world universally
and proceeded to benefit them.
They converted the desires of the people
and led them to worship God, hills and rivers, and the spirits.
Heaven was pleased because they loved what it loved
and benefited what it would benefit,
and bestowed rewards upon them,
使 placing them on the throne,
天子crowning them emperor, upholding them as the standard,
聖人』, and calling them sage-kings.
3
Here we have the proof of reward of the good.
天下Anciently, the wicked kings of the Three Dynasties, Jie, Zhou, You, and Li, hated all the world
and proceeded to oppress them.
They converted the desires of the people
and led them to blaspheme against God, hills and rivers, and the spirits.
Heaven was offended because they hated those whom Heaven loved
and oppressed those whom Heaven would benefit,
and Heaven decreed punishments upon them,
使 letting fathers and sons be scattered,
their empire be put to an end,
their state be lost to them,
and capital punishment fall upon them.
天下Thereupon, the multitudes in the world condemned them,
the condemnation lasting all through the ten thousand generations,
』, the people calling them wicked kings.
Here we have the proof of punishment of the evil.
天下君子Those gentlemen of the world who desire to do righteousness have only to obey the will of Heaven.

1. 國 : Deleted. 孫詒讓《墨子閒詁》
2. 不辜者,必有一 : Inserted. 孫詒讓《墨子閒詁》
3. 知 : Inserted. 孫詒讓《墨子閒詁》


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