1. Introduction to the Mohist CanonThe Mohist Canon and historical epistemology
The text and its tradition: Background
The text and its tradition: Reactions to the breakdown of world order
The text and its tradition: The Mohists
The text and its tradition: Modern reception
Structure and transmission of the text
Structure and theoretical character of the scientific sections in the Mohist Canon
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Foundations and elementary structures
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Corporeal extension
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Images and weight
The place of Mohist theoretical knowledge in a global history of science 3. Text and Translation
Epistemological foundations, A 1-A 6
Definition of force, A 21
Spatial and temporal contingency and inevitability, A 40-51
Corporeal extension ("Geometry"), A 52-A 69
Model and duplicate, A 70, A 71
Spatial and temporal contingency and inevitability-Reprise, B 13-B 16
Shadows and mirror images ("Optics"), B 17-B 24
Vertical tendency of weights ("Mechanics"), B 25a-B 29
Mechanical and temporal bases for judgment, B 52 - B 53
Spatial and temporal paradoxes, and spatiotemporal and modular correspondences,
B 60-B 65
Sets of indeterminate or unknown extent, B 73 - B 75 4. Lexical Appendix, A 76 - A 87