“天人合一”思想及其当代价值

The Theory of Combination of Human and Nature and Its Contemporary Value

“天人合一”思想是中国哲学对天人关系问题做出的重要回答,至今仍具有借鉴指导意义.道家的“天人合一”思想强调人与自然的和谐统一,论述的是主客体的紧密联系;儒家的“天人合一”思想则强调“天人合德”认为人应达到自觉履行道德原则的境界.与“天人合一”思想相对的“天人相分”思想则认为天与人是二元对立的关系,其作为一种生态思想是不合理的,这种思想使人对自然丧失了敬畏心,这不仅导致了此次新冠肺炎疫情的爆发,也是人类生活环境每况愈下的原因.人类应当理性分析、接纳并吸收“天人合一”思想,使其同马克思恩格斯生态文明思想有机结合,借此提升人类精神境界,进而防范危害人类及自然命运的恶性事件再度发生.

The thought of"Unity of Man and Nature"is an important answer to the question of the relationship between man and nature in Chinese philosophy,which is also of great significance in reference and guidance today.The Taoist thought of"the unity of man and nature"emphasizes the harmony and unity between man and nature,and discusses the close relationship between subject and object,while Confucianism emphasizes“the virtue unity between man and nature”and believes that man should achieve the state of consciously fulfilling moral principles.On the contrary,the thought of"separation between man and nature"holds that the relationship between man and nature is a binary opposition,which is also an unreasonable ecological thought.This idea makes people lose their awe to nature,which is not only the cause of the Covid-19 outbreak,but also the cause of the deteriorating environment in which we live.Human beings should rationally analyze,accept and absorb the concept of"Unity of Man and Nature",so as to combine it with the ecological civilization thought of Marx and Engels and enhance the spiritual realm of human beings to prevent the recurrence of vicious events that endanger human and natural destiny.