A Study Of Mencius' Ecological Thought And Its Contemporary Value

Although the word ecology comes from modern society, in China excellent traditional culture it was widely reflected, contains rich ecological thought. Confucianism, as the Mencius. Mencius aspires to help Feudal monarch construct benevolent state, and then to realize Society of Great Harmony that Confucius said. Mencius inherited ecological factors from Ziti to Yao and Shun Yu, constructed his own theory of ecological system. The objective laws of things development that Mencius analyzed and reflected from the people’s survival and development, the things sustained growth, harmony to the Feudal monarch, it must consider and respect for the individual’s "life" of the basic needs,then individual can be combined together to form a community to undertake larger category including the responsibility for the home, the nation and the world. This responsibility sourced in the Mencius’ s inhabitation and improvement on the thought of Confucius’ s benevolence, extended the love of family to all social members, and the love of all social members to all things, it realized the unity of the particularity and universality on benevolence,and the unity of the individual and the whole. The ecological thought was based on the whole point of the life community. It is of great significance to the construction of China socialism.This article is divided into three parts. The first part discussed the theoretical basis of Mencius ecological thought, on the one hand,introducing the source of Mencius’ s, undertaking of the antiquity thought of nature-human integration from Yao, Shun and Yu, Confucius, the idea of the unity value entity and life entity. On the other hand, discussing the social background of the ecological thought of Mencius, feudatory disputes during the Warring States period and farming community.The second part discussed in detail the ecological economic thought, the ecological political thought and the thought of ecological education.From the three aspects, Mencius elaborated the concept of sustainable and ecological economy development, the concept of ecological politics that people are in good neighborliness and the concept of ecological education that culture become into the kernel.It’s true that In the economy being love, being love is not only to respect the law of growth, but also make the best use, encouraging economic prosperity, reducing the burden of the people and tax. In politics, implementing the benevolent government theory, and the policy of benevolence. In education,implementing successful education from the educational environment, teaching object, education methods and value ideals and so on.The third part discussed the contemporary value of Mencius’ s.It analysis the present defects from the theory and practice in the level of pupils and objects including practical operation and dynamic defects.From view of the referencing the system of Mencius’ s ecological thought to research the contemporary ecological development,It make a contribution tounderstand a more comprehensive "nature", to achieve nature-human integration and automatic "reflexive" organic whole development path, "nature-human integration", "peaceful world".In the era of Mencius’ s, the ecological thought of Mencius reflects the spirit of positive enterprising and steadfast seeking.It has given a lot of useful inspiration for the construction of China’s contemporary harmonious society and the construction of ecological political civilization.