usness that is at one with eco-ethics and eco-philosophy.Р采菊东篱下?悠然见南山Р山气日夕佳?飞鸟相与还РIntroductionРThe Philosophy of “Life (生)”РTraditional Chinese philosophy is a philosophy of “life”.РConfucius?“Heaven is the source of all living things.”?The “creation of life” is the “Heavenly Way (天道)” and the “Heavenly Destination (天命)”.РThe 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).“РThe Philosophy of “Life (生)”РMencius?“(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).”РConfucian 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.
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