2 moments

1. Birth in Tengzhou

   0470-01-01 BC · Tengzhou, Shandong, China

   

   Mozi was traditionally born in Lu, identified in the source with present-day Tengzhou in Shandong. The year is approximate. The source gives his birth as c. 470 BCE; 470 BC is retained as an approximate traditional year.

2. Journey to Ying to oppose the attack on Song

   0439-01-01 BC · Ying, State of Chu (near modern Jingzhou, Hubei, China)

   

   In the traditional Gongshu narrative, Mozi traveled to Chu's capital, Ying, to oppose a planned Chu attack on Song and demonstrated defensive methods against Gongshu Ban. The 439 BCE date belongs to a traditional chronology; the historicity and precise dating of the Gongshu narrative are uncertain.