A Study On China's Traditional Eco-ethical Thoughts And The Building Of Ecological Civilization

Content: The Chinese nation has its profound ecological wisdom. The idea of 'combining the heavens and people' has been long revered in which the love for the land and the protection for the nation are merged into traditional culture and has become part of it. To deeply explore the ecological moral embedded in Chinese traditional culture, which was featured by the Confucianism and the Taoist school, is of great importance in theory and practice as far as building ecological civilization and realizing the harmonious relationship between human and nature are concerned.The basic value and morality of the traditional ecological moral philosophy played an important role in protecting China's ancient ecological environment and maintained the ecological balance of nature. Meanwhile, as for building the ecological civilization today and realizing the harmony between human and nature, they are precious resources of thoughts that are enlightening. The ancient idea of 'combining the heavens and people' provides certain philosophical foundation for building the contemporary ecological moral philosophy. Moreover, 'love people as well as matters' and 'heavens give birth to everything' etc. have great significance in building the system of ecological moral philosophy. In addition, the ancient idea of 'being equivalent with heavens and lands' is the origin of the contemporary idea of 'sustainable development'. Furthermore, the rules of traditional ecological moral provide great referent value for making contemporary environmental protection laws.Due to the restrictions of the time, the traditional ecological moral philosophy is bound to have many drawbacks. Taking the sustainable developing road and building the ecological civilization have been necessary choice for the human society's survival and its development today. Ecological civilization is the prominent characteristic and symbol of the all-round well-off society. The building of the ecological civilization should be under the guidance of scientific concept of development and stick to the humanity so as to develop the harmonious relationship between human and nature and promote developing the society continuously. The support of science and technology, the guarantee of law system as well as the supports of the cultural ideology are indispensable for the building of the ecological civilization. Science and technology are the foundation; laws are the forceful restriction and the eco-ethics are the soft restrictions. These three combine and interact with each other and consequently are carried out in the scientific practice.