Because of the paucity of hard facts in our knowledge of early texts such as the Mozi, we inevitably have had to rely on assumptions when interpreting these texts. These assumptions have contributed to the portrayal of Mo Di as a philosopher, the founder of Mohist thought, and promoter of a coherent thought system in Ten Core Ideas. We can read the Mozi in a novel way by methodologically putting these assumptions on hold, not necessarily by rejecting them. This approach draws attention to the differences among the Ten Core Ideas, their not quite fixed forms, and their remarkably poor presence in the Mozi. It leads to another, equally plausible portrayal of Mohist thought as gradually shaped by its authors and editors along with the formation of the book.

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墨家核心哲学的渐进成长

由于我们对墨子等早期文本的了解缺乏确凿的事实，我们在解释这些文本时不可避免地不得不依赖于假设。这些假设有助于将墨迪描绘成一位哲学家、墨家思想的奠基人、《十心论》中连贯的思想体系的推动者。我们可以通过在方法上搁置这些假设，而不一定是通过拒绝它们来以一种新颖的方式阅读墨子。这种方法提请注意十种核心思想之间的差异，它们的形式并不完全固定，并且它们在墨子中的存在性非常差。它导致了对墨家思想的另一种同样合理的描绘，随着本书的形成，墨家思想逐渐被其作者和编辑所塑造。