老子的“自然之道”以及与自然保持和谐的理念

Lao Zi's Theories of Tao and the Ideas of Keeping Balanced with Nature

中国传统文化中包含着大量有关人类与自然和谐相处的思想,体现着中国古圣先贤的智慧,先秦道家学派的开山鼻祖老子堪称其中的典范,他的"自然之道"思想涉及到处理人和自然的关系。当今社会发展迅速,随之带来了一系列社会问题,对人类社会的发展带来了严重的威胁,而这些社会问题主要是由于人们没有处理好与自然的关系而造成的。道家老子"自然之道"的内涵是什么?这种思想在当下有什么可以借鉴的地方?这些都是值得考察的问题。通过分析老子的"自然之道"理论,可以看到古人是如何看待人与自然之间的关系,对当下社会发展仍有深远意义。

We can find many ideas of keeping balanced with nature in the Chinese traditional culture,for example, Lao Zi,the founder of Taoism,was an important person who had ideas like this.His ideas of Tao was related to relations between human beings and nature.Now there are many social issues which are dangerous to human beings because people don＇t keep balanced with nature.What is the meaning of Lao Zi＇ s Tao？ What can we learn from Tao in the modern society？ I think we must research into these issues.We can know how our ancestors kept balanced with nature by researching into Lao Zi＇ s Tao,which is also important in the modern society.