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Weekly chapter

Read the Mozi in a year: one chapter, one question, one practice per week.

Introduction

Why read the Mozi

We read the Mozi not because it is old, but because it is testable.

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How to use the weekly study

每周一篇, the weekly study, is home-centered and chapter-supported. The learning happens mostly in your home; the chapter meeting is where what

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An overview of the Mozi

By the traditional count the Mozi has seventy-one chapters. Fifty-three survive; eighteen are known only by title. The book falls into rough

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The three tests

Every discussion question in the weekly study is a three-tests question, so before we begin, here is what the three tests are.

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2027 schedule

Week 1 begins Monday 4 January 2027; 52 weeks in the year.

January 2027

  1. Week 14 January 2027Where disorder comes from14 Impartial Care IThis week
  2. Week 211 January 2027Care and mutual benefit15 Impartial Care II
  3. Week 318 January 2027The impartial and the partial person16 Impartial Care III
  4. Week 425 January 2027Small wrongs, big wrongs17 Against Aggression I

February 2027

  1. Week 51 February 2027The cost of aggression18 Against Aggression II
  2. Week 68 February 2027Punishment versus aggression19 Against Aggression III
  3. Week 715 February 2027Mozi stops a war50 Gongshu
  4. Week 822 February 2027No permanent rank8 Exalting the Worthy I

March 2027

  1. Week 91 March 2027Three foundations of honoring the worthy9 Exalting the Worthy II
  2. Week 108 March 2027What makes someone worthy10 Exalting the Worthy III
  3. Week 1115 March 2027One person, one standard11 Conforming Upward I
  4. Week 1222 March 2027Align upward, no cliques12 Conforming Upward II
  5. Week 1329 March 2027Governing as one household13 Conforming Upward III

April 2027

  1. Week 145 April 2027Cutting useless expense20 Moderation in Use I · 21 Moderation in Use II
  2. Week 1512 April 2027The harm of lavish burial25 Moderation in Funerals III
  3. Week 1619 April 2027The three hardships32 Against Extravagant Music I
  4. Week 1726 April 2027The three tests35 Against Fatalism I

May 2027

  1. Week 183 May 2027Effort makes order36 Against Fatalism II · 37 Against Fatalism III
  2. Week 1910 May 2027Compass and square26 Heaven's Will I
  3. Week 2017 May 2027What the standard wants27 Heaven's Will II
  4. Week 2124 May 2027Following the standard28 Heaven's Will III
  5. Week 2231 May 2027Acting as if watched31 Elucidating Spirits III

June 2027

  1. Week 237 June 2027Standards and models4 Standards and Models · 7 Three Arguments
  2. Week 2414 June 2027Worthy men and self-cultivation1 Cherishing Worthy Men · 2 Self-Cultivation
  3. Week 2521 June 2027What we are dyed by3 On Dyeing · 5 Seven Calamities
  4. Week 2628 June 2027Avoiding excess; mid-year review6 Avoiding ExcessAssembly

July 2027

  1. Week 275 July 2027Against the Confucians39 Against the Confucians II
  2. Week 2812 July 2027Geng Zhu46 Geng Zhu
  3. Week 2919 July 2027Nothing outranks doing right47 Esteeming Righteousness
  4. Week 3026 July 2027Gongmeng48 Gongmeng

August 2027

  1. Week 312 August 2027Questions from Lu49 Questions from Lu
  2. Week 329 August 2027The way of disputation45 Lesser Selection
  3. Week 3316 August 2027The greater selection44 Greater Selection
  4. Week 3423 August 2027Canons: definitions40 Canons I · 42 Explanations of Canons I
  5. Week 3530 August 2027Canons: knowledge40 Canons I · 42 Explanations of Canons I

September 2027

  1. Week 366 September 2027Canons: light and force41 Canons II · 43 Explanations of Canons II
  2. Week 3713 September 2027Canons: names and things41 Canons II · 43 Explanations of Canons II
  3. Week 3820 September 2027Defense (1)52 Fortifying the City Gate
  4. Week 3927 September 2027Defense (2)52 Fortifying the City Gate

October 2027

  1. Week 404 October 2027Towers and ladders53 Defense Against High Approaches · 56 Defense Against Ladders
  2. Week 4111 October 2027Water and sudden assault58 Defense Against Water · 61 Defense Against Sudden Attack
  3. Week 4218 October 2027Tunnels62 Defense Against Tunnels
  4. Week 4325 October 2027Ant-swarm assault63 Defense Against Ant-Swarm Assault

November 2027

  1. Week 441 November 2027Facing the enemy; signals68 Rites for Meeting the Enemy · 69 Flags and Banners
  2. Week 458 November 2027Orders (1)70 Commands and Orders
  3. Week 4615 November 2027Orders (2)70 Commands and Orders
  4. Week 4722 November 2027Miscellaneous defenses71 Miscellaneous Defenses
  5. Week 4829 November 2027The Mohist order in historyLineage

December 2027

  1. Week 496 December 2027The three tests across chapters35 Against Fatalism I · 31 Elucidating Spirits III · 27 Heaven's Will IIReview
  2. Week 5013 December 2027The revivalLineage
  3. Week 5120 December 2027Annual self-reviewReview
  4. Week 5227 December 2027Assembly weekAssembly