Title: A Structural Analysis of the Taoist Ideology of Ecological Harmony
Abstract: The core of Taoism is nature and harmony around which Taoist ecological ideology falls into three structural levels, namely, special natural social level, nature-centered heaven-man level, and complete natural level. This ideology expounds respectively that the essence of human society is nature, nature is the center of the world, and that the ultimate perfect ecological ideal of everything, including human society, is the natural environment in entirety. It is man's responsibility to love nature, protect the natural environment, and pursue the absolute harmony of nature.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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