论墨子非宗教家

Discrimination of Mo Zi′s Non religionist

在中国古代思想家中,墨子的思想体系因存有"天鬼观"而独具特色。对于墨子的"天鬼观"是否宗教、墨子本人是否宗教家,20世纪的国内外墨学研究家存有很大分歧。由于在墨子的"天鬼观"中并不存在真正意义上的宗教观念,因此"天鬼观"不是宗教,墨子当然也不是宗教家。墨子鼓吹"天鬼观"的主观动机,就是借助当时社会上大多数人信仰的"天鬼"的神秘权威,宣传和推行其以"兼爱"为中心的政治主张和政治理想,因而"天鬼观"是一种神道设教。

In the ancient Chinese thinkers, Mo Zi is characteristic for the 'Tiangui Outlook' in his ideology. There are a lot of differences on the views that if the 'Tiangui Outlook' is a religion and if Mo Zi is a religionist among the Mo Zi researchers of the 20th century in China and abroad. Because there do not exist real religious opinions in it, the 'Tiangui Outlook' is not a religion, and Mo Zi is not a religionist. Mo Zi advocates the 'Tiangui Outlook' to propagate his political stands and ideals with 'Jian Ai' as gist. So the 'Tiangui Outlook' is a 'Shendao Culture'.