《吕氏春秋.应同》篇通常被今人视为引自邹衍五德终始思想的断片,这种流行已久的看法其实并不符合《应同》篇本意。从《应同》篇与邹衍、墨家之思想比较看,《应同》篇的五德终始学说可能是后期墨家根据吕不韦需要所改造的结果,讲五德终始的在战国后期也不止邹衍一家。这使得我们有必要对五德终始说在战国后期发展的多向性问题以及后期墨家的思想发展性问题做出新的认识。 “The Spring and Autumn Annals” should be the same as the “articles” which are usually regarded by our own people as fragments of the thought that began with Zou Yan’s five virtues. This long-standing view actually does not meet the original intention of “should be the same.” From the “should with” articles and Zou Yan, Mohist thought, “should be the same” articles of the five virtues of the final doctrine may be based on Lu Neiwei needs transformation of the result, about the beginning of the Five German in the late Warring States period also more than Zou Yan one. This makes it necessary for us to make a new understanding of the multidirectional problems that the Five Germans finally said in the later stage of the Warring States period and the later development of the Mohism.