The Confucianists were on the right wing and the Mohists on the left. The Confucianists stressed rites and ritual, the rectification of names and self-cultivation. The Mohists 'basic standpoint was that of the working classes. They were against ritual and aggression and advocated peace, equality and the Will of Heaven.
儒家是右派、墨家是左派；儒家強調的是禮、講名分、重自修；墨家的基本立場是勞動流民階級，主張非禮、非攻（國際主義）、節葬（平等主義）和天志。