Mo Di sat kneeling in the Repository of Classics, then suddenly laughed and said to Luo Huaichen, "The Mohist School's thought is going to flourish."
Luo Huaichen smiled. "Yes, Juzi. That is why I invited you to bring the Mohist School to Luo State. This is a paradise for the Mohist School.
"Your thought is so magnificent, and the people under heaven suffer such hardship. Everyone is looking forward to your arrival."
Mo Di added, "The Marquis of Luo said that Mohists would sacrifice themselves, and that even if the Mohist School's thought flourished, it could not escape the fate of extinction."
Still smiling, Luo Huaichen said, "Yes and no. The greatness of universal love cannot be realized in the present. Perhaps the Mohist School in its entirety will disappear, but its spirit, classics, and culture will be passed down forever.
"The Mohist School's technology will transform the world, and its thought will make people wise. Keeping great wisdom alive is one of the reasons the Luo Clan exists.
"Until the sun and moon crumble and time reaches its end.
"One day, the thought of universal love will return to the world. Great unity under heaven will surely come."
Luo Chang and Mo Di's brief exchange seemed to be nothing more than Luo Chang reassuring Mo Di, after which Mo Di strengthened his resolve.
But just as with the conversations between Laozi and Confucius, and between Luo Ci and Confucius in years past, the Confucian School had begun its great rise from that point onward.
Mo Di understood that Luo Chang was explicitly telling him that the Luo Clan greatly favored Mohist School thought and was preparing to spread it throughout the world.
Even if the rulers of the various states would not accept it for the time being, Luo