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Xunzi’s View Of Ecological Civilization Construction Enlightenment

Posted on:2016-05-24Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z S ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330461454577Subject:Chinese philosophy
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With the rapid development of economy, people in the enjoyment of unknown material life at the same time, but also have to face the serious environmental pollution, shortage of natural resources and ecological imbalance and crisis. How to make the ecological environment improved, significantly increasing the efficiency of energy, promote people and natural harmony, promote the whole society to go on good civilization development path, is the social face and urgent task. In China in traditional culture, Xunzi as the representative of the Confucian school winners, have rich philosophy, politics, economy, education thought, the concept of heaven should be worthy of attention.Xunzi’s view has rich connotation. Xunzi proposed that “there is a regular day”, think of nature in every hour and moment of motion, change, development, and this development has its own laws, will be for the external or anthropogenic pressure and will have a qualitative change; “separation of heaven and man” thinking that day vocation, who rules, the day has the unpredictable forces, people don’t try to cross the border to touch, do their own specific tasks; on the basis of respect for nature, emphasis on human, put forward “destiny and the use of the system”. Especially in the relationship of man and nature, Xunzi is more emphasis on “should be the rule is auspicious, be in chaos is fierce”, “heaven and earth and all things official service”, “day time, to have their money, who have their governance”, only the harmony of nature and human unity, the talented person can play the subjective initiative, respect and the use of objective laws, which for the benefit of mankind.Xunzi’s view of nature was born two thousand years ago, to solve the increasingly serious ecological crisis at present still has important modern values, and provide a reference unique theory angle of view and practice in order to deal with the ecological crisis, especially provides traditional culture valuable thought resources for the construction of ecological civilization of contemporary China. Therefore, to study Xunzi’s view, to realize the harmonious development of human and nature, and constantly promote the construction of ecological civilization, have both theoretical and practical aspects of the guidance of very important value.
Keywords/Search Tags:xunzi, view of heaven, the relationship between nature and man, ecological civilization
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