On Cheng Hao Benevolence View Of Nature

"Nature conception of benevolence doctrine" is the derivative from China philosophy essence of " The unity of nature and humanity". The Confucian interprets the primary connotation of "The unity of nature and humanity" is, man and nature are an inalienable entity with interdependence and mutual mapping, there is no power to dominate the nature. Mr. Hao Cheng in the Song Dynasty develops the "The unity of nature and humanity" into "The benevolent and universe are an organic whole" in the nature conception of benevolence doctrine. The author thinks that Mr. Hao Cheng's nature conception of benevolence doctrine regarded the benevolence as the unification among nature, human and universe, he stressed the real human was with "benevolence" and was able to execute the "benevolence" into the universe. Hao Cheng's nature conception of benevolence doctrine provides a virtue dimension for the ecological ethics research, shows valuable new vitality in today's society.In this paper, the author starts with the theory origin of nature conception of benevolence doctrine, investigates Hao Cheng's lifetime and background for generating the theory; then expounds the specific content of the nature conception of benevolence doctrine, including the three parts of "The benevolent and universe are an organic whole", "Heaven cares for every living thing", "honesty and respect keeps the benevolence, while benevolence cares for everything". On this basis, the author summarizes the characteristics of Hao Cheng's nature conception of benevolence doctrine, and explains the concept of "one entity", why the benevolent is in the same entity with the objective and the approaches to realize it; Finally, in the third part of the paper, the author expounds the enlightenment from the nature conception of benevolence doctrine to the contemporary ecological ethic research, extends the virtue dimensions for the ecological ethics research, eventually concludes the true meaning of a man and nature as a whole, and puts forward the approach to realize "the natural is human, and the human is the nature". The epilogue parts also slightly analyze the prospects of virtue dimensions in ecological ethics. This article believes that the overall relationship between man and nature is based on the basis of unity and opposites, "the natural is human, and the human is the nature" discusses the harmonious relation between human and nature in the height of philosophy. Its rationality lies in within this proposition, the human is with the nature that belongs to the human being, is benevolent with complete virtue. By following this philosophical proposition, it is expected to fundamentally solve the current ecological crisis.