郦道元《水经注》生态思想管窥

A Glimpse of Li Daoyuan's Ecological Thinking and His Book River System

郦道元在《水经注》中表达的生态保护思想未曾为学界所关注。郦道元认为,水资源富有理性和灵性,是否造福人类取决于人类自己的选择;人类利用自然时,虽可发挥主观能动性,但必须敬畏自然,尊重自然规律,不可过度开采或污染自然资源,否则会遭到自然的报复。这一生态思想,为我们今天坚持生态保护和实践科学发展观提供了一定的观念支持和有益的参考。

In his monograph River System Li Daoyuan put forward the conception of ecological protection which went unheard in academic circles for long. According to Li, water itself is something of reason and spirituality and affects mankind in light of their choices~ people may take their initiatives when they exploit the natural world on condition that they must respect the objective laws. If the world is over--exploited or polluted, it is mankind itself that will suffer retaliation. This ecological concept gives people theoretical but useful references for ecological protection and help carry out the outlook of scientific develonment