中国文化英语教程Unit5 ppt课件

Text study
Introduction The Philosophy of “Life” Ecological Aesthetics Humans at One with Other Living Things
Introduction
• Protection of the eco-environment is capturing wider international attention today.
The Philosophy of “Life (生)”
“All people in the world are my brothers and all beings in the world are my companions (民吾同 胞，物吾与也).“
—Zhang Hengqu (1020-1077)
Introduction
• When we examine traditional Chinese culture, we also find from ancient times a strong ecoconsciousness that is at one with eco-ethics and eco-philosophy.
The Philosophy of “Life (生)”
“The nature of life is love (生之性便是仁).” —Cheng Yi (1033-1107)
Note: Cheng Yi: 程颐。称伊川先生，河南府（今河南洛阳）人，与程颢为兄弟，世称“二程”，同受学于
理学创始人周敦颐，后建立了自己的理学体系。
Unit 5
Eco-awareness in Traditional Chinese Culture
Content
Lead-in Text study Exercises
Lead-in
Watch a video clip of the English documentary Home, and notice the eco-philosophy it holds.
Note: Zhang Hengqu: 张横渠，名载，字子厚，北宋哲学家，人称横渠先生。理学支脉“关学”创始
人，反对“有生于无”的思想，提出“太虚”即“元气”、“气”，是万物生成的本源。
The Philosophy of “Life (生)”
“Those with love regard themselves as the same as other living things in the world (仁者以天 地万物为一体).”
“Heaven creates life through yang and nurtures (养育) life through yin (天以阳生万物，以阴成万物).”
—Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073)
Note: Zhou Dunyi: 周敦颐。北宋理学家，曾撰写《太极图书》
和《通书》。
➢ The Book of Changes (Yijing) ✓ “The continuous creation of life is change (生
生之谓易).”
✓ The great virtue of Heaven and Earth is creating life (天地之大德曰生).“
The Philosophy of “Lifeຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidu(生)”
➢ Mencius ✓ “(One should) love one‘s family, love the people, and love all living things in the world (亲亲而仁民，仁民而爱物).”
➢ Confucian thinkers of later generations carried on the idea of “Heaven and Earth giving birth to all life (天地生物之心)”, and thus emphasized love for and kindness toward all living things.
The Philosophy of “Life (生)”
• Traditional Chinese philosophy is a philosophy of “life”.
➢ Confucius ✓ “Heaven is the source of all living things.” ✓ The “creation of life” is the “Heavenly Way (天道)” and the “Heavenly Destination (天命)”.
The Philosophy of “Life (生)”
• Many prominent Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) echoed their master's view on life.
The Philosophy of “Life (生)”
• Eco-ethics and eco-philosophy have arisen in the face of the increasingly serious ecological crisis facing the whole world.
Introduction
Eco-ethics and eco-philosophy
• The main idea of eco-ethics and eco-philosophy is to replace “human-centrism (人类中心主义)” with “eco-holism (生态整体主义)”.
• It holds that all living things in the earth’s biosphere are entitled to equal rights similar to those of human beings, or the rights to survival and development.