Introduction: Feile is one of the theories of the Mohist school founded by Mo Zhai in the early Warring States Period. The extant chapter 32 of "Mozi" "Feile Shang" contains a concentrated description of this theory.

Thoughts: Regarding Mozi's thoughts on "Fei Yue", Mo Zi wrote a special work. The extant chapter 32 of "Mozi" "Fei Yue" contains a concentrated description of this theory. The idea of ??"Fei Yue" is to prohibit music and oppose engaging in musical activities. Mozi believed that everything should benefit the country and the people, but the people and the country were all running for survival. Making musical instruments required gathering people's money and wasting people's production. Moreover, music can also make people indulge in debauchery. Therefore, music must be banned.

Introduction to the founder

Mozi (year of birth and death unknown), named Zhai (dí), was a native of the Song Dynasty in the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period, and the early Warring States Period. One said he was from Luyang, and the other said he was from Teng. . Mozi was a descendant of Mu Yi, a nobleman of the Song Dynasty, and served as a senior official of the Song Dynasty during his lifetime. He was the founder of the Mohist school and a famous thinker, educator, scientist, and military strategist during the Warring States Period.

Mozi was the only philosopher of peasant origin in Chinese history. Mozi founded the Mohist school, which had a great influence in the pre-Qin period and was called "Xianxue" together with Confucianism. He proposed "universal love", "non-aggression", "shangxian", "shangtong", "heaven's will", "minggui", "feiming", "feiyue", "sharp burial", "sparing use". ” and other views. With universal love as the core, frugality and respect for the virtuous as the fulcrum. During the Warring States Period, Mozi created a set of scientific theories with outstanding achievements in geometry, physics, and optics. At that time, the contention of a hundred schools of thought was known as "both Confucianism and Mohism". After Mozi's death, the Mohists were divided into three schools: Xiangli's Mohism, Xiangfu's Mohism, and Dengling's Mohism. His disciples collected Mozi's quotations based on historical materials about his life and deeds, and completed the book "Mozi" to be handed down to the world.