Lecture 2
Honor the Worthy: Job Performance and Ideological Unity
“Honoring the Worthy”
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only way to govern effectively is to identify the “worthy” (those able to bene?t the state in way Mozi desires)
“Honoring the Worthy”
“When a worthy man is given the task of ordering the state, he appears at court early and retires late, listens to lawsuits and attends to affairs of government…. !
…As a result the state is well ordered and laws and punishments are justly administered…”
“Honoring the Worthy”
“…When a worthy man heads a government bureau, he goes to bed late and gets up early…
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…collecting taxes on the barriers and markets and on the resources of hills, forests, lakes, and fish weirs, so that the treasury will be full….
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…As a result the treasury is full and no source of revenue is neglected.”
“Honoring the Worthy”
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From Watson, Burton (trans.), Mozi.
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