Confucian ecological thought is mainly embodied in

"Harmony between man and nature" is the core of ecological ethics. Confucianism believes that "heaven" is the highest entity of the universe, and "man" is a part of it.

Confucius stood on the position of a high degree of unity between man and nature and put forward that "man can preach, but not preach."

Mencius extended Confucius' thought of benevolence to the nature other than human beings, and constructed an ecological ethics ideological system with "caring for people, caring for people and caring for things" as the core. He pointed out that "a gentleman is to things, love others for good, and kiss for the people for good." Be kind to people, be kind to people and love things. "

Mencius believed that as long as we put ourselves in others' shoes, we can achieve a dynamic balance and harmonious life between man and nature, man and society, and man and man.

Xunzi put forward the idea of "knowing the difference between heaven and man", arguing that heaven has its own laws of motion and is a natural world other than man, and that man and heaven have their own duties and live in harmony.

On the basis of Confucius and Mencius, Zhang Zai put forward "harmony between man and things", pointing out that everything is my good friend, the people are my brothers and sisters, and man and nature live in harmony.

Confucian thought

Confucianism refers to the thought of Confucian school, which was founded by Confucius, a thinker at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucianism founded by Confucius has formed a complete ideological system on the basis of summarizing, generalizing and inheriting the traditional culture of respecting relatives in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

Sima Qian said in Historical Records of Confucius' Family: "Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period because of historical records, and went up to Yin Gong, and eventually lost 12 Gong in 14 years. According to Lu, pro-Zhou, so Yin, three generations of luck. "

Confucius, the founder of the Confucian school, said, "Words must be faithful and deeds must be fruitful", which is the essence of his own thoughts. Confucianism is basically divided into "inner sage" and "outer king", that is, personal cultivation and political opinions (debatable).