Editing Eastern philosophy (section)

====Mohism====
[[Mohism]] (墨家，''Mòjiā''; "School of Mo"), was founded by [[Mozi]] (c. 470–391 BCE) and his students. It was a major school of thought and rival of Confucianism and Taoism during the [[Spring and Autumn period|Spring and Autumn]] and [[Warring States period|Warring States]] periods (c. 770–221 BCE). The main text of the school is the [[Mozi (book)|''Mozi'' (book)]]. The administrative thought of Mohism was later absorbed by Legalism, their ethics absorbed into Confucianism and its books were also merged into the [[Taoist canon]], as Mohism all but disappeared as an independent school after the [[Qin dynasty]] era.

Mohism is best known for the idea of "impartial care" ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 兼愛; [[pinyin]]: ''jiān ài''; literally: "inclusive love/care").<ref>The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Edited by Edward Craig. Routledge Publishing. 2005.</ref> According to Master Mo, persons should care equally for all other individuals, regardless of their actual relationship to them. Mo also advocated impartial [[meritocracy]] in government which should be based on talent, not blood relations. Mozi was against Confucian ritualism, instead emphasizing [[Pragmatism|pragmatic]] survival through farming, [[fortification]], and [[Public administration|statecraft]]. Tradition is inconsistent, and human beings need an extra-traditional guide to identify which traditions are acceptable. The moral guide must then promote and encourage social behaviors that maximize the general benefit. As motivation for his theory, Mozi brought in the ''Will of Heaven'', but rather than being religious his philosophy parallels [[utilitarianism]].

Mohism was also associated with and influenced by a separate philosophical school known as the [[School of Names]] (''Míngjiā''; also known as 'Logicians'), that focused on the [[philosophy of language]], [[definition]], and [[logic]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Fenrong |title=A Note on Mohist Logic |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241916514 |website=Research Gate |access-date=May 1, 2024 |date=January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Willman |first1=Marshall D |title=Logic and Language in Early Chinese Philosophy |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-logic-language/ |website=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University |access-date=May 1, 2024 |date=2023}}</ref>