Lao Tzu’s Utopianism And Its Modern Significance

The word "utopia" originated from British utopian socialists Thomas Moore’s classic "utopia". But in the old history river, the traditional utopia has existed since ancient times, Utopia emerges from the human Puzzle for the "ideal and reality "and " freedom and slavery ", In his books, he appeals "XiaoGuoGuaMin" such an ideal society,"let it be "and " Thinking of DaoJia’s WuWei" were his political strategy, then it became the classic Chinese utopian thought. Utopianism reflects the faith human beings putting in the society.Firstly, by analyzing two different utopian cultural heritage routes between Chinese and Western, This paper, explains the meanings of utopian thinking and its manifestations, Secondly, from Lao Tzu’s Tao Theory, it analyzes the theoretical basis of utopian thinking and the realization ways of the ideal society. At last, through interpreting the influence of Lao Tzu’s thinking to the society, the evaluation standard of Lao Tzu’s ideal society and Lao Tzu’s Statecraft for the enlightenment to a harmonious society.Nowadays, the sustainable development has already become the theme of human development, constructing the "democracy and the rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and fraternity, vigor, stability and order, harmonious relationship between man and nature" of the harmonious society has become the goal of the present social development. Based on the discussion and research of Lao Tzu’s thinking, listening to Lao Tzu’s supreme wisdom again, digging out the reasonable factors from traditional culture. Let the original book which is rich in human wise treasure, not only can illustrative human beings’survival, but also can interpretate the problems of the modern world and the future of the world, such as man and man, man and society, man and nature how to live in harmony, etc. playing an important role.