在中国的哲学家、思想家当中,真正出身平民的并不多,具有世界性影响的更是凤毛麟角,而墨子就是其中一位。台湾学者王昌祉曾将孔子与墨子作过比较,他说:孔子的性格,渔和中庸,谨慎之心,循规蹈矩,少言语,多柔和的情感,比较退让消极,不喜欢冒险,更喜欢“浴乎沂,风乎舞雩,泳而归”( Among the Chinese philosophers and thinkers, there are not many civilians of genuine origin, nor do they have world-wide influence. Mozi is one of them. Wang Changzhi, a Taiwanese scholar, once compared Confucius with Mozi. He said: Confucius’s character, fishing and the mean, cautious, regular, less verbal, more pliable feelings, more retreat passive, do not like adventure, preferring to “bath Like Yi, Dancing Dance, swimming and return ”(