The Relationship between Heaven and Humankind in the Value System of Traditional Chinese Culture

The Continuity and Innovative Development of the Concept of Heaven and Humankind

From "Unity of Heaven and Humankind" to "Mutual Interaction of Heaven and Humankind"

The idea of "unity of heaven and mankind" was formed during the long history of Chinese civilization, and is the soul of traditional Chinese culture and the source of wisdom of the Chinese nation. The contemporary concept of "Mutual Benefit of Heaven and Humankind" is a continuation of the "Unity of Heaven and Humankind" and a new blossoming of Chinese civilization, which aims to realize the dialectical unity of "truth, goodness and beauty" in the relationship between human beings and nature.

The "one" of "unity of man and heaven" is the beginning. "A painting opens the sky", "one is also, the basis of all things". "In the beginning was the Taiji, and the Tao was established in the One, which created heaven and earth and transformed them into all things". The "unity of heaven and man" originated from the ancient Zhuangzi's "Theory of Things", "Heaven and earth were born together with me, and all things were one with me". The view that man and heaven and earth is the same source of a unity of the organic combination, implies that man and all things are the same structure, the same body, the same image, the same reason, the same law, the same heart, the same gas ...... and other relationships. The core of the idea: the unity of all things. The formal use of the term "unity of man and heaven" is the Northern Song Dynasty thinker Zhang Zai in his "Zhengmeng - Qian weighing chapter". In addition, the ancient Chinese view of man and heaven, there are "heaven and man," "heaven and man," "heaven and man," "heaven and man," "heaven and man," and "heaven and man," and so on. "

The ancient Chinese concept of heaven and man also has the following words.

"Tianren Mutual Thai" refers to heaven and man, man and nature each other to maintain stability and peace, harmonious and beautiful normal relationship, that is, heaven and man harmonious **** life relationship. "Tianrenhuotai" of the "Tai", that is, "peace", "Tai, also through", also for the Tai, also known as "Tai", is also known as "Pole" and "Tai". The "Tai" trigram in the I Ching is a complete combination of yin and yang harmony and inclusiveness. The term "Mutual Harmony between Heaven and Humankind" originates from the contemporary Liang Yue's "Mutual Harmony between Heaven and Humankind", which reads, "Being good to Heaven is endlessly interesting; being good to the earth is endlessly rewarding; being good to people is endlessly pleasurable. If we are good to others, we will have endless joy." In Mutual Pacification of Heaven and Humankind, only in this way can we live and prosper. The core of the idea is that all things are mutually supportive.

The concept of mutual paternity of man and heaven, highlighting the relationship between man and nature regularity of the "true". It will be harmonious with nature **** life as a standard of value judgment, adhere to the organic unity of human values and natural values, against people will be separated from nature and people and antagonistic, requiring man and nature to achieve "Mutual Thai" as the ideal goal, to avoid man and nature in the "harm" and "conquest" and "conquest". Mutual harm" and "conquest and retaliation" in a lose-lose situation, to ensure that human beings and nature in the *** life of the harmonious development, sustainable development. Tianren Mutual Thai understanding of the nature of the relationship between man and nature and the law, is the highest embodiment of the true nature of the concept of heaven and man.

The concept of "Hutai" demonstrates the "goodness" of the relationship between man and nature. It closely integrates the ethical relationship between man and nature, man and society, and man and man, reflecting the purposefulness of human practical activities. In exploring the relationship between human beings and nature, it takes the law of heaven and nature as the fundamental starting point and destination, advocates that people should hold the heart of benevolence and virtue, and always maintain a friendly and kind relationship with nature, and highlights the two-way interaction between human beings and nature as the ultimate goodness.

The concept of "Mutual Benefit" advocates the "beauty" of the relationship between human beings and nature. It will be the relationship between man and nature "neutralization, balance, symmetry, coordination" of the beauty of the integration, is a beautiful picture of nature, is the highest state of beauty, reflecting people's *** with the pursuit of social values, and to the human civilization system provides a good condition. Its concept will inject spiritual vitality for mankind *** to build a better home on earth.

"Hutai" is a new construction based on the concept of "unity of heaven and man", and a new development based on the root of Chinese culture, which focuses on exploring the ideas of "Hutai" and "cause and effect", as well as "cause and effect", which are the key to the development of human civilization. It focuses on exploring the idea of "Mutual Pairing" and the cycle of "cause and effect", emphasizes the dynamic role of man in nature, highlights the characteristics and spirit of the times, and is a new contribution to the theory of the relationship between heaven and man. (Wen/Jianjian)