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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 13 -> Lu's Question -> 2

Qi was going to attack Lu.
墨子項子牛 Mozi said to Xiang Zi Niu:
To attack Lu
is a great wrong on the part of Qi.
Formerly,
吳王the Lord of Wu attacked Yue on the east
會稽 and drove (Lord Gou Jian of Yue) to take refuge upon Guiji.
西He attacked Chu on the west
and hold fast Lord Zhao at Sui.
On the north he attacked Qi
and brought Guozi back to Wu.
諸侯The feudal lords then took vengeance
and his people complained of the hardship
and would not be commanded.
Thereupon the state perished
and the Lord of Wu was executed.
Formerly,
智伯 Zhi Bo attacked both the house of Fan and the house of Zhongxing,
三晉 and absorbed all the land of the Three Jin states.
諸侯The feudal lords then took vengeance
and his people complained of the hardship
and would not be commanded.
Thereupon the state perished
and he was executed.
Therefore the attack of a large state on a small state
is injury to both
。」 and the consequences of the wrong will always return to the large state.


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