III. The Teaching of mozi Can be considered as the first opponent of Confucius: ren can be taken as a kind of graduate love, relational love a he was anxious to spread his doctrine of universal love and persuade the rulers to stop their incessant attacks upon each other. For instance when mozi heard that the state of Chu was planning an attack on Song he walked for 10 days and nights to reach the court of chu where he succeeded in persuading the ruler to call off the expeditionIII. The Teaching of Mozi ◼ Can be considered as the first opponent of Confucius: ren can be taken as a kind of graduate love, relational love. ◼ He was anxious to spread his doctrine of universal love and persuade the rulers to stop their incessant attacks upon each other. ◼ For instance, when Mozi heard that the state of Chu was planning an attack on Song, he walked for 10 days and nights to reach the court of Chu, where he succeeded in persuading the ruler to call off the expedition