Mozi and the Mohist movement in the Eastern Zhou (c.470–4th century BCE)

1. Mohism flourishes in the Warring States era

   Jan 1, 475 BCELabels: Mohism, Warring States

   • SEP Mohism
   • Britannica Warring

2. Mozi’s life and early teaching activity

   Jan 1, 470 BCELabels: Mozi, Mohism

   • SEP Mohism
   • Britannica Warring
   • Wikipedia Mozi

3. Mohists articulate "impartial care" as a core ethic

   Jan 1, 430 BCELabels: Jian'ai, Mohism

   • SEP Mohism
   • Philopedia Mohism

4. Mohists promote meritocratic governance ("exalting the worthy")

   Jan 1, 430 BCELabels: Shangxian, Mohism

   • SEP Mohism
   • Philopedia Mohism

5. Mohist condemnation of offensive war becomes programmatic

   Jan 1, 430 BCELabels: Fei Gong, Mohism

   • SEP Mohism
   • Philopedia Mohism

6. Mozi travels to Chu to avert an attack

   Jan 1, 425 BCELabels: Mozi, State of

   • CTP Gongshu
   • Wikipedia Mohism

7. Mohist "defensive teams" gain reputation for fortification

   Jan 1, 420 BCELabels: Mohist defenses, Fortification

   • Philopedia Mohism
   • SEP Mohism

8. The *Mozi* text begins accretional compilation

   Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Mozi text, Compilation

   • Wikipedia Mozi
   • Wikipedia MoziBook

9. Later Mohists develop the Mohist Canons

   Jan 1, 350 BCELabels: Mohist Canons, Mo jing

   • SEP Canons
   • HKUST Logic

10. Transmitted *Mozi* reflects a corpus around 300 BCE

    Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Mozi corpus, Textual stabilization

    • MPRL Canon
    • Wikipedia MoziBook

11. Qin unification and repression accelerates Mohist decline

    Jan 1, 221 BCELabels: Qin unification, Mohism

    • SEP Mohism
    • Britannica Warring

12. Qin court orders the burning of books

    Jan 1, 213 BCELabels: Book burning, Qin court

    • Britannica Books
    • Wikipedia Burning

13. Mohism disappears as a distinct school by mid-Western Han

    Jan 1, 100 BCELabels: Western Han, Mohism

    • SEP Mohism
    • SEP Canons