Mozi
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 11 (11)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 11Claims the universe is a machine: a hollow double-shell sphere in a sea of fire, with holes producing stars and the sun.
- Ch 11Built a giant copper model of the universe, with a firefly-light source and a clerk inside, to predict the sun's motion and make a calendar.
- Ch 11Dismisses flying stars as unimportant dust and Confucius's sudden sun extinction as a rare exception.
- Ch 11Burns to charcoal insisting the Stable Era will continue, holding up the ashes of his calendar.
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 3Mozi is appointed Second Wallbreaker, assigned to Manuel Rey Diaz.
- Ch 5He points out there is no evidence against Zhang Beihai, since the shattered bullets will look like a meteor shower's meteorites.
Connections
- related toEmperor Wu of HanEmperor ordered rehydration based on Mozi's prediction
- enemy ofManuel Rey DiazWallbreaker of
- ally ofQin Shi Huang
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 11Wang meets Mozi in Three Body
Wang finds the pyramid an observatory; Mozi explains his double-sphere universe model and his machine, and tells of Confucius's failed prediction.
- Book 1 · Ch 11Civilization 141 burns
After a Stable Era of seventeen days, an immense sun rises and incinerates the world, destroying Civilization Number 141 and Mozi's predictions.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Wallbreaker Project launched
In the Three Body game, Qin Shi Huang appoints Von Neumann, Mozi and Aristotle as Wallbreakers for Tyler, Rey Diaz and Hines. Luo Ji is declared his own Wallbreaker.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Secret meeting on assassinating Luo Ji
Qin Shi Huang's organization discusses the Lord's second order to kill Luo Ji, finds a direct attack impossible against the deep bunker, and is told to submit plans.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Three Body figures debate response
Virtual Three Body figures discuss Zhang Beihai's act, agree not to intervene, judge him dangerous but unprovable, and are relieved he will go to the future.