关于《墨子》的作者问题

墨子是先秦重要的思想家、哲学家,声望几近于孔子,其言论及思想主要保存在《墨子》一书中。《汉书·艺文志》称《墨子》七十一篇,今本《墨子》实存五十三篇。班固称《墨子》七十一篇的作者为墨翟,后代诸家史书如《隋书·经籍志》、《旧唐书·经籍志》、《新唐书·艺文志》、《宋史·艺文志》都著录"《墨子》十五卷,墨翟撰"。但其作者是否为墨子一人,历代说法不一。就其作者问题进行了简单考证及简要分析。

Disccusion about the Author of Book Mo Zi

Mo Zi was an important thinker and philosopher of the former Qin dynasty. His great prestige almost approached the famous person Confucius. His opinion on public affairs and his famous thought were mainly kept in the book Mo Zi. According to the Book of Former Han, Mo Zi had seventy-one pieces. But till now it was kept only fifty three pieces. For the author of the Mo Zi, Bangu said that the author of Mo Zi was Mozhai. Besides, the later history records, such as Suishu-Jingjizhi （the book was written in Sui dynasty）, old Tangshujingjizhi （the book was written in former Tang dynasty）, new Tangshu-yiwenzhi （the book was written in tang dynasty） and the songshi-yiwenzhi （the book was written in song dynasty）, all recorded that the fifth piece of MO Zi was written by Mo Zhai. However, it had different opinions on whether the author was only one person of Mo Zi in every dynasty. Therefore, who was actually the author of Mo Zi is analyzed .