 The Mohists identify two forms of “weighing.” The first appears to be weighing of ends or things for which we act (the phrase in the text is “things treated as units”) (EC8). This sort of judgment is what the text calls weighing proper (quán). The second appears to be weighing of means (the phrase reads “affairs and action”). The text deems this process “seeking” (qiú 求), a term used elsewhere to explicate deliberation (see the section on  epistemology  below). It seems to refer to deliberation or planning about the course of action that would best achieve some end. 