The concept of "community of life" in traditional Chinese ethics
November 29, 2022 09:52 Source: "China Social Sciences", November 29, 2022, Issue 2540, Issue: Wang Mingdi

The relationship between man and nature is one of the basic relationships facing humans。From the time of human beings,People survive in interaction with nature、Life,and know self and world in this interaction,Gradually formed about people、Nature and the relationship between the relationship between the two。In traditional Chinese ethics,Confucianism and Taoism both treat people and nature as an organic whole,Emphasizing that man and nature are interaction、"Community of Life" that affects each other。Generally speaking,It can be summarized as three dimensions: survival community combined based on material needs,Emotional community based on human emotional expansion,A moral community combined with the meaning of life and value。

People and nature are "survival communities"。For people,Naturally not just an objective physical environment,Ordinary home that people depend on,It is the survival of human beings、Development provides basic material guarantee。Contact with nature,The most basic purpose is to meet the needs of people's survival,Get the resources that maintain your own existence。So,The combination of people and nature is first reflected as a community based on survival,People can meet their own needs through the active activities of the purpose。but,If humans excessively develop and use natural resources for their own needs,So not only will it affect nature,People's own survival bet365 Play online games and development will also face huge challenges。

Agricultural society that relies heavily on natural resources,The ancients understood very early,When obtaining natural resources,It is not enough to consider your own survival,It is also necessary to consider the overall survival and development of human beings as a community of life,This has formed a relevant basic attitude and guidelines for behavior,The most typical of which is the idea of ​​the festival。"Xunzi" Cloud: "When the grass and trees are nourished,Then the ax will not enter the mountain forest,No life,continuous long also; 鼋鼍、Fish、When I am pregnant,,罔 罟、Poison does not enter Zeze,No life,Endless long also。"Xunzi Introduction,When obtaining natural resources,It is necessary to take the premise of ensuring the reproduction of natural species。When the flowers and trees are flowing and growing,Can't enter the mountains to cut seedlings,You cannot be killed when various fish are pregnant。There must be "time" for nature to take,There are festivals in use,to ensure that the species continues。Similarly,When engaged in agricultural production, we must also respect the law of nature,Let nature continue to provide diet for humans、clothes、The need for the living room。Mencius said: "When not against farmers,Valley must not win;,Fish must not win; the axes enter the mountain forest,Material Mu cannot be used to use。”

The idea of ​​use emphasizes "Ji Ji Time、Adaptation due to time ",It reflects the concept of ancient people and nature as the whole of life。The ancients realized,Only under the Bet365 app download premise of ensuring natural life,can ensure that the resources required by humans are full and rich,People and nature are treating each other、Destiny and common relationship。So,The combination of human and nature, although human survival is the starting point,But the final direction is the symbiosis of people and nature、Coexist,Become a "survival community" related to each other。In this community,None of people and other lives appear as an individual,Instead, the role of "class" stands between heaven and earth。Individual life will disappear,But as long as we treat nature in the appropriate way,Not only helps to survive human beings、Breaking and Life,It will also promote the survival and development of natural life as a "class",to maintain the existence of the entire "survival community"、Development and prosperity。

People and nature are "emotional communities"。Although the formation of people and nature communities originated from human needs,But this does not mean that people are the master who is high above。Just the opposite,The combination of humans and nature is the natural extension of human emotions for the community。Human beings will not only have emotions for similar kinds,It will also have emotions for natural objects。Mencius talks about "恻 心,Everyone has it ",The inherently concealing heart is not just for humans,It is even more for all life。"Zi fishing without outline,弋 宿 ",It means that you do n’t use a large net to fish,Birds who do not shoot at night。This is not only for the consideration of obtaining natural resources stably,Among them, it also contains the heart love of nature。People have strong empathy ability,bet365 Play online games Similarly to make people project the emotions of interpersonal life on other natural life,This is the expansion of human emotional instincts。

In fact,People are very rich in emotions exposed by nature,A admiration and admiration for the magnificent river and mountains,There are also worship and awe of powerful natural phenomena,Of course, there is also care and sympathy for nature life。From the perspective of Confucianism,The most important emotion of a person for other lives is benevolence,"Kiss and benevolent people,Benevolence and love things "(" Mencius · Heart "),From kiss to Jingchang,Push others and everything,The love of benevolence naturally continues to other life bodies。Based on the heart of ingenuity,Humanity has produced the consciousness of me and natural things as the body of life,and therefore formed the concept of protecting natural life。Zhang Zai's "people and" thoughts to further transform the love of people's love for nature into a solid family relationship。"Ximing" said: "Father,Kun is called mother; Yu Zi 焉 焉,Nai Xingzhong。The plug of the heaven and earth,ig the body; the handsomeness of the heavens and the earth,igs。Minwi compatriots,Wu and Ye。"Zhang Zai regards heaven and earth as a big family,Heaven and Earth is a parent of common people and everything,All humans are my brothers and sisters,Everything is my companion。So,Other lives for me,It's not just my existence,but my "family",My emotions for all things are not just simple、Public care,but the most important in family community、The closer family。So one here,The benevolent emotion bet365 live casino games of human life for nature is further moralized,From the emotional revealing at the natural level to the moral requirements at the level level。

People and nature are "moral communities"。Between the vast world,People are the most unique existence in all life。People are part of the community of life,But is the most special part。As "the most spiritual" (Zhou Dunyi),The ancients have established a place where people are ranked among the "three talents" between heaven and earth.,Drives the mission of "standing for heaven and earth" (Zhang Zaiyu)。From the perspective of Confucianism,The reason why people are so noble,It lies in people with morals,The moral basis of the human is not elsewhere,From "Sky"。"Zhou Yi" Cloud: "The Great Virtue of the Heaven and Earth" ("Under the Family"),The biggest virtue of the heavens and the earth is the pregnant everything。In Confucianism,Heaven and earth is a constant change、Development life,All life in the universe。Run by Tiandao,More than life,The process of breeding all things is the specific presentation of heaven,Tiandao also has the virtue of "life"。Since man and nature are in the process of running in the same way as a whole,Then people should also obey the laws of heaven,Inherit the virtue of "life" inherited by heaven。

Confucianism will be the basic moral principles for the spirit of love for nature,and root it in the virtue of the "life" of God,This has found the basis of the body's theory for the ecological ecology of Confucianism。From the perspective of Confucianism,Humanity and Tiandao are mutually common,Humanitarian,In the heavens,Humanity from heaven,Tiandao is bet365 Play online games the source and basis of human moral standards。So,Respect and love for nature is not only for the consideration of survival and emotion,And reflected as a moral requirement。This is the specific implementation of the virtue of the "life" of heaven,It is also a man to reach the heaven、Important ways to get your own moral value,It is also a kind of ecological benevolence concept that combines life integrity with individualism。Human and natural life constitute a "moral community"。In this moral community,People take care of nature life,Practice Rende,I realize the vastness of the heavens and the earth,Well -to -like concentration,Internalization of "living" in its own life,The ultimate goal is to achieve your ideal personality,Reading the realm of life of "heaven and man"。

To sum up,Confucian ethics contains ecological ethical meaning that uses human and nature as a community of life。Confucian attention is the existence of human and nature as a community of life、prosperity and stretching。In the community of people and nature,,The link between life between life is not only the need for survival,There are still people's love,The virtue of benevolence that is more achieved by life value。Survival、The three dimensions of emotional and moral constituent people and the community of nature life。In fact,Survival、Emotion and morality is also the three important needs of people。It can be said,Human and nature as the theoretical construction of a philosopher is not a philosopher,but the inevitable result of the activity of people in reality。Now,"People and nature are the community of life" to become an important proposition Bet365 lotto review for the construction of ecological civilization in my country,Digging、Analysis of the concept of "life community" in traditional Chinese ethics,It has positive inspiration for the practice and theoretical construction of my country's ecological civilization。

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(Author Unit: School of Philosophy of Heilongjiang University) 

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