Now does it mean that to annex a state and destroy an army, injure and oppress the people, and throw the heritages of sages into confusion will benefit Heaven? But to recruit the people of Heaven to attack the cities of Heaven is to murder the people of Heaven, smash altars, demolish shrines, and kill sacrificial animals. In this way, on the higher level no benefit to Heaven can be attained.
Mozi (ca.470-ca.391 BCE)
Chan, Wing-Tsit. A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963), 227
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