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But the gentlemen of the world would say: "So far so good. It is of course very excellent when love becomes universal. But it is only a difficult and distant ideal." Mozi said: This is simply because the gentlemen of the world do not recognize what is to the benefit of the world, or understand what is its calamity. Now, to besiege a city, to fight in the fields, or to achieve a name at the cost of death -- these are what men find difficult. Yet when the superior encourages them, the multitude can do them. Besides, universal love and mutual aid is quite different from these. Whoever loves others is loved by others; whoever benefits others is benefited by others; whoever hates others is hated by others; whoever injures others is injured by others. Then, what difficulty is there with it (universal love)? Only, the ruler fails to embody it in his government and the ordinary man in his conduct. 1. 君臣相爱则惠忠，父子相爱则慈孝，兄弟相爱则和调。天下之人皆相爱，强不执弱，众不劫寡，富不侮贫， : Moved to entry 3. 孙诒让《墨子闲诂》
2. 君子 : Originally read: "子墨子". Corrected by 孙诒让《墨子闲诂》
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