Mozi
c. 470 BCE – 391 BCElived
State of Lu
- Mohism
Attacked Confucian ritual as expensive theatre and argued for impartial care for everyone equally. Ran what amounted to a defensive-engineering corps to make aggressive war unprofitable.
Known for
- impartial care
- against fatalism
- utility as the test of doctrine
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.