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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 3 -> Identification with the Superior III -> 4

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天下But how can the standards in the world be unified?
墨子 Mozi said:
使 Why not let each member of the clan organize his purposes and identify them with those of the patriarch?
And let the patriarch give laws and proclaim to the clan:
"Whoever discovers a benefactor to the clan
shall report it;
whoever discovers a malefactor to the clan
shall report it.
Whoever reports the benefactor of the clan upon seeing one
is equivalent to benefiting the clan himself.
Knowing him the superior will reward him,
hearing of him the group will praise him.
Whoever fails to report a malefactor of the clan upon seeing one
is equivalent to doing evil to the clan himself.
Knowing him the superior will punish him,
。』 hearing of him the group will condemn him."
Thereupon all the members of the clan wish to obtain reward and honor and avoid denunciation and punishment from their superior.
Seeing the good they will report; seeing the evil they will report.
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And the patriarch can reward the good
and punish the evil.
With the good rewarded
and the evil punished,
the clan will surely have order.
Now, why is it that the clan becomes orderly?
Just because the administration is based on the principle of Identification with the Superior.

1. 然 : Inserted. 孫詒讓《墨子閒詁》
2. 不善言之, : Inserted. 孫詒讓《墨子閒詁》


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