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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 4 -> Universal Love III -> 7

Moreover it is true not only in the "Great Declaration" but also with the "Oath of Yu".
Yu said (therein)
"Come all you hosts of people,
take heed and hearken to my words.
It is not that I, a single person,
would willingly stir up this confusion.
The Prince of Miao is more and more unreasonable,
he deserves punishment from Heaven.
Therefore I lead you to appoint the lords of the states
。』 and go to punish the Prince of Miao."
祿天下天下It was not for the sake of increasing his wealth and multiplying his felicitations, and indulging his ears and eyes but for that of procuring benefits for the world and eliminating its annoyances that Yu went to war against the Prince of Miao.
This is universal love on the part of Yu,
墨子and what Mozi has been talking about
is really derived from the example of Yu.


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