论郑玄的动物观及其生态意义

On Zheng Xuan's View of Animals and Its Ecological Significance

郑玄作为儒学诠释学的早期杰出代表之一,在注经的过程中,考辨了鸟兽虫鱼等诸多动物的名称、特点等,发展和深化了孔孟的仁的内涵,形成了以"仁,爱人以及物"为内在准则的富有生态意义的动物观,充盈了仁的生态性的内涵,深化了动物作为道德共同体的属性,丰富了儒家的"生生"观念,值得关注。

As one of the outstanding thinkers of the early Confucian hermeneutics, Zheng Xuan made a close study of the names and characteristics of various kinds of animal and insect, and thus developed and deepened the meaning of Mencius＇ s idea of ren. Zheng Xuan＇s thought represents an ecological view of animals which is governed by the principle of ＂ren, or love for human being and things.＂ This principle, which reflects the ecological significance of ren, includes animals in the moral community. Zheng Xuan＇s thought, which enriches the Confucian idea of ＂shengsheng,＂ needs to be studied more closely.