One day in 440 B.C., a man was on the road day and night, even if his shoes were broken, he did not stop his footsteps, he wanted to do a thing to save the people of a country - to find a way to prevent the Chu state from attacking the Song state.
At that time, the famous mechanical master Lu Ban made a new weapon for the Chu state: the ladder car, which could make the siege of the Chu state more confident and capture the city.
The person who wanted to stop this war was the founder of the Mo family in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, Mozi.
Mozi (480 BC – 390 BC) was born in song (present-day Shangqiu, Henan), Lu (present-day Tengzhou, Shandong), and Luyang (present-day Lushan, Henan). Ancient Chinese thinker, educator, scientist, and military man.
After arriving in the Chu Kingdom, he met with the King of Chu and Lu Ban through an introduction.
Seeing the King of Chu, without waiting for the King of Chu to speak, Mozi asked a question: "Ask the King, if a person already has a gorgeous carriage in his home, but always thinks about robbing the neighbor's dilapidated carriage, what is the mentality of this person?" ”
King Chu laughed and said, "That's the disease of stealing." ”
"The land of the Chu Kingdom is vast, the land of the Song Kingdom is narrow and dense, and we all belong to Zhou Tianzi's assistants. The Chu kingdom is like the rich man, and the Song kingdom is like the poor neighbor, why did you take the neighbor's broken car and chaff? ”
The King of Chu listened to his face and frowned, but he said slowly, "Mr. Gongyu made an Izumo ladder car for the widow, but Heaven helps the widow, how can the widow not follow Providence?" ”
"Providence? In the following view, Providence is unpredictable and public opinion cannot be violated. All the people want is clothing for the cold, and rest for the toiler'. If the ladder car is the providence of the siege, then is it not the providence of the law of defending the city under it? ”
Hearing this, the King of Chu became interested and asked curiously, "Do you have a way to defend the city?" You say, in the face of Mr. Gong's ladder car, how do you keep it? ”
Only to see Mozi take off the belt outside the robe, put it on the ground, and form a circle.
"Mr. Gongluo, this is the city wall."
Lu Ban saw this, nodded, casually found a few pieces of wood, put them on the side of the belt, and said, "This is a ladder car." ”
In this way, two people lined up on the ground and practiced.
Only to see Lu Ban pushing a wooden block as a ladder car, rapidly attacking the city; Mozi would use broken stones as rockets to burn the cloud ladder at any time. Lu Ban used wooden blocks to form a collision car to crash the city gate, and watched the city gate shaking and about to open, only to see Mozi pounce and smash the car with a rolling stone.
Lu Ban dug the tunnel with his hands, and Mozi burned and smoked with fire...
Two people, one fake attack, one fake defender, on the surface of the child's play, but in fact the dark tide is surging.
The King of Chu, who was standing by the side, held his breath and did not blink his eyes. He knew that this was the pinnacle of the two contemporary mechanical masters and the world's best masters, and he didn't want to miss every second.
Lu Ban organized several more attacks, only to be broken by Mozi many times. Lu Ban's siege equipment was exhausted, and Mozi's defensive equipment was still left.
After admitting defeat, Lu Ban deliberately said: "I know how to win you, but I don't say it." ”
Mozi replied, "I know how you won me, and I won't say it." ”
Inexplicably, the King of Chu asked, "What are you talking about?" ”
Mo Ziyi said sternly, "He thought that if he killed me, the Song Kingdom would not be able to defend it, but I had already made arrangements, and more than three hundred of my disciples had already learned this method, and they could all command the defense of the city instead of me with the instruments made by the Mo family, and wait in strict formation with the song soldiers and civilians!" Even if you kill me, you won't be able to win!" ”
These words completely dispelled the idea of the King of Chu attacking the Song Dynasty, and the King of Chu knew that there was no hope of victory and was forced to abandon the plan to attack the State of Song.
This incident fully reflects the Mozi family's style of war at that time: "non-attack" and "love"
But what things make people see Mozi like a "crosser"?
Mozi has profound skills in natural sciences such as mechanics, optics, mathematics, physics, astronomy, as well as military technology, mechanics, civil engineering and many other aspects.
Mozi was proficient in handicrafts, which could be compared with the skillful luban at that time.
He spent 3 years carefully developing a wooden bird (kite, paper kite) that can fly, and became the founder of the ancient Chinese kite.
He is also an expert in building vehicles, and can build cars with a load of 30 stones in less than a day. The cars he built were fast, labor-saving, and durable, and were appreciated by the people of the time.
Mozi was almost familiar with the manufacturing techniques of various weapons, machinery and engineering buildings at that time, and had many creations.
In the book "Mozi", he elaborated on the structure of the hanging gate of the city gate, the structure of the city gate and various defensive facilities inside and outside the city, the manufacturing process of crossbows, various offensive and defensive equipment, and the construction technology of waterways and tunnels. The apparatus and facilities he discussed had a great influence on the military activities of later generations.
Mozi's research in science is even more amazing
Here are some words in the Mozi article that make me see the extremely frightening thought now:
"Force, shape is also the reason for the struggle." Stop, take a long time, not last long, when the cow is not a horse. This means that the cessation of the motion of an object comes from the action of resistance impedance, and if there is no resistance, the object will move forever- isn't that the law of inertia, but Newton was born more than a thousand years later.
"Aggravated to the side, it will be pounded." If the weights are similar and balanced, the short scale is long. Two plus, heavy if, then the standard must be lowered, the standard to get the right also" This is the principle of leverage, but Archimedes was born more than two hundred years later.
"Times, for two also; flat, the same high also; the same length, with the positive phase also." In the middle, the same length also; round, one in the same length also" - Mozi at that time in geometry far ahead of the world, Mozi not only put forward the concept of "point, line, surface, circle" all the concepts but also invented the "decimal arithmetic" is China's great contribution to world civilization.
"Foot under the light, so the scene is on the top; the first light is on the light, the scene is on the bottom" - this obviously refers to the small hole imaging! He completed the world's earliest "small hole imaging" experiment, and wrote an article to explain that light is propagated in a straight line, and the inverted image formed by the object through the hole also made the first scientific explanation for the propagation of light along a straight line.
In terms of astronomy, Mozi believes that the universe is a continuous whole, and individuals or parts are divided from this unified whole and are all parts of this unified whole.
He believed that space-time was both infinite and infinite, and thus established a theory of space-time. He named time "jiu" and space the definition of "long" and "宇", that is, "long" is all time including ancient and modern, and "yu" is all space that includes east, west, central, south, and north, and time and space are continuous and uninterrupted.
At that time, when people did not realize that there was an earth, Mozi had this idea, and now it seems really amazing. The Mo family he created was on a par with the Confucian family created by Confucius, and the two were collectively called Xianxue, and in the Warring States period, there was also the saying "non-Confucian jimo". If people after that had seriously studied Mozi, or assumed that the Heavy Ink Family was light on Confucianism, they really did not know what earth-shaking changes would occur in the world.
More than 2,000 years ago in China, there was such a god man, who made your blood boil when you think of it, and then think of tears.
The evaluation of the present person
Mao Zedong commented that Mozi was "an ancient dialectical materialist" and "a sage who was more intelligent than Confucius."
Yang Xiangkui: "Mozi's achievements in natural science are by no means inferior to those of the scientists and philosophers of ancient Greece, or even higher than them. His personal achievements were equal to that of all of Greece. ”
Needham said in the "History of Science and Technology in China": "The mo family's study of optics began earlier than we know greece, and India is incomparable." ”
Bao Pengshan commented that Mozi was "a swordsman who challenged the Empire".
At 1:40 on August 16, 2016, the world's first space quantum science experimental satellite independently developed by China was launched, and our country named it: Mozi.
This period of the Spring and Autumn Warring States five people is over, they sometimes do things on the surface of the "crossers" who are extremely fearful, but have to admit how great the wisdom of our ancient Chinese is, amazing.
It is a pity that in the modern era, There has been a period of loneliness in the modern history of our country. But now that he is back on the table, I can't remember where to see this sentence: "China is not progressing but recovering, because this is the awakening of the dragon!" ”
Our civilization has never lacked talents, nor has there ever been a shortage of people who have worked hard for civilization, and there has never been a shortage of people who are enthusiastic and have a passion for moving forward.
The ancients were so extremely wise, how could the modern Chinese willingly lag behind the ancients? Let us work together, struggle together, unite as one, and create a great China together!
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