Chengkai
(Water Conservancy Tourism Management Center of Guizhou Provincial Department of Water Resources)
In nature, cities and towns, as the main settlements of human beings, have also become human civilization The place of occurrence, inheritance and development. Important towns with long histories and profound cultural heritage are basically laid out along rivers, and rivers have become important carriers for the generation and inheritance of human civilization. Therefore, the great title "Mother River" carries mankind's love and gratitude for rivers.
Today, humankind’s understanding of water is more important than water science. Various water projects have penetrated into every corner of human production and life. These water projects have contributed to improving the quality of human life, improving living standards, improving water security, and promoting Economic development and social progress have played a decisive role. Therefore, the importance and popularity of water science have attracted the attention of all mankind. This article focuses on exploring and reviewing the emergence of the Chinese nation's way of thinking of "harmony between man and nature" when it regards itself as a small member of nature, how to coexist with nature and integrate with nature, and its influence on water culture and water philosophy. know.
Resource depletion, environmental pollution, greenhouse effect... In the long history of mankind, these issues that have attracted much attention have been accompanied by the industrial revolution in the past century. The Western profit-seeking capital economy and the alienation and development of people caused by the construction of a political system adapted to Western industrial society.
This is not the industrial revolution itself, nor is it inherent in any doctrine, but is closely related to the source of ideas and what a nation uses to nourish the soul of humanity.
The Chinese nation has a long and splendid civilization. I have always regarded myself as a small member of nature, coexisting with nature, integrating with nature, and deeply understanding the way of nature. I regard the laws of nature as the laws of mankind, and regard the laws of nature as the laws that all human beings must abide by. "Law", this is the source of Chinese national thought and the root of Chinese civilization. In the West, nature is regarded as an opposing object and a consumer product. The purpose of developing productivity is to increase the consumption capacity of consumer products to meet human needs. Use the wealth plundered from war to continuously beautify your homeland, and develop productivity to continuously improve your ability to consume resources in other parts of the world.
There is nothing wrong with capital itself, the key lies in the soul of the driver. After being humiliated, we decided to "run forward" and almost consumed the ecological environment left over thousands of years in the very beginning.
What is the ultimate goal of mankind? It is not the development of productive forces, nor is it any doctrine. It should be eternal life, happiness and happiness for mankind, and it should be harmony between people, between people and society, and between people and nature. "Harmony" is a precious asset that the Chinese nation created for all mankind thousands of years ago. We should regain this great wisdom and continue to benefit all mankind.
“Man follows the earth, the earth follows heaven, heaven follows Tao, and Tao follows nature.” This is the greatest source of wisdom and thinking of the Chinese nation. As humans are products of nature, only by taking the laws of nature as our way of thinking and acting in accordance with the laws and laws of nature can we be eternal with the universe, coexist with the heaven and earth, and shine with the sun and the moon. This is the core concept of the Chinese nation of "harmony between man and nature", as well as the Chinese nation's cosmology and worldview.
"Unity of man and nature" is not a form, nor is it the result of pursuit, nor is it a method, but a way of thinking, which is what people daily call integrating into nature, relying on nature, Respect nature, protect nature, and be integrated with the universe.
"Man can conquer nature" is originally just a spirit and a kind of courage. People use it as a method, and we pay a heavy price as a result.
Everything in the world goes its own way and does its own thing, forming a harmonious scene in which one harmoniously arises and the other waxes and wanes. No one needs to supervise and encourage its operation.
The sun, moon and stars are constantly rotating themselves according to the laws of the universe. They give people the wisdom of "continuous self-improvement" and become the source of the spiritual power of the Chinese nation.
The land we live on is vast and heavy. It gives birth to all things and never abandons it. This kind of "kindness and virtue" has become an attitude towards life and a sense of responsibility for the "world" of the Chinese nation. .
As the Buddhist Zen saying goes: "A big belly can tolerate things that are difficult to tolerate in the world." "Continuous self-improvement and great virtue" our ancients called it the way of heaven. To do justice for heaven and seek benefits for the people of the world is the sense of responsibility and mission our ancients had for all mankind. How great it is.
With spirit and attitude, we also need to have ways of thinking and methods that are more in line with the laws of nature to lead and guide human society to move forward harmoniously.
Our ancients divided the composition of nature into five major attributes, which are the traditional five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth). In fact, the ancients wanted to use the five attributes in nature as the five wisdoms of mankind, and use these five wisdoms as the wisdom for the relationship between people, society, and nature. Only by following these five great wisdoms can we achieve the realm of harmony between man and nature, and achieve harmony between man and man, harmony between man and society, and harmony between man and nature.
"Gold" represents strong wisdom, "Wood" contains the wisdom of growth, "Earth" is the wisdom that carries and nourishes all things, "Fire" represents the wisdom of passion, transformation and sublimation, and "Water" His wisdom is more extensive and profound, and has become the main source of Chinese civilization.
Throughout ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, the development and degree of development of politics, economy, society, culture, and population are basically intrinsically related to the degree of freedom from rivers, lakes and seas. Coastal countries are more developed than inland countries, and coastal, riverside, and riverside cities are more developed than mountainous cities.
Many developed cities in my country are basically laid out along the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Pearl River and other major rivers, basically forming urban agglomerations connected by major rivers.
From this point of view, water dominates the development direction, development method and degree of development in different regions of humankind. The root cause is that it affects people's way of thinking and lifestyle, and affects the governing philosophy of past dynasties. In 2011, the Central Committee’s No. 1 document clearly stated that water is a major issue for national governance and security, and called on people across the country to engage in water conservancy construction, protect the water environment, and cherish water resources. The "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" will be the climax of water control in the history of the Chinese nation. Water determines happiness, water determines security, water determines production, and water determines development. Water runs through the entire social, economic, and political civilization. Of course, these are mainly concerned with people's livelihood and social and national security from a material perspective. The foothold of people's happiness lies in "harmony". To pursue a harmonious life and build a harmonious society, we must be guided by the concept of harmony and aim to build a harmonious civilization. As far as human society itself is concerned, it is unprecedented. So, who is our moral benchmark and wisdom model for realizing a harmonious civilization?
In nature, the two major elements that can best activate the environment are "wind" and "water". Among them, water is the supreme, deep and holy. Only water can animate and vitalize the environment. Scientists explore life in the universe, looking for water as the main symbol. For a long time, due to the material demand for water for human survival, production, and life and the need to prevent and control flood disasters, studying water science has become an important task for countless natural scientists. This article focuses on discussing the philosophy of water and the wisdom of water.
In Chinese civilization, it is said that the earliest records should be the "Hetu" and "Luoshu". Many people call them metaphysical classics. I think they should actually be the ancients trying to conquer the Yellow River and the Yellow River. The spiritual wealth accumulated in the process of Luoshui. Perhaps the creator knew that his words were insignificant, so in order to pass on this wealth to future generations, he attached a mysterious legend about its origin. The academic system evolved from the "Hetu" and the "Luoshu" - the "Book of Changes" and the classics of hundreds of schools of thought, have become the spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation and even all mankind, nourishing the growth and development of Eastern philosophy. It has become the spiritual food of the Chinese nation and the world, and will one day nourish all mankind. "River Map" mainly focuses on solving the inherent relationship between things in the universe and things, while "Luo Shu" focuses on solving the relationship between people, people, society and nature with the wisdom of water.
So, the philosophy of water and the wisdom of water are the source and essence of Chinese civilization.
From the mathematical model of "Luoshu", we can see the extremely high wisdom of the ancients, which describes how to deal with the relationship between people, people and society, and people and nature.
In traditional mathematics, 1 is the smallest, 9 is the largest, and 10 represents perfection, harmony and the best state.
The wisdom of overcoming strength with softness: "A drop of water penetrates stone" has become an inspirational saying through the ages, and the subtleties show the strength of water. We must not forget the majestic, graceful and colorful topography and all kinds of strange underground caves. In addition to the geological structure itself, it would not have been formed without all kinds of glaciers and flowing water, especially karst topography. They are all great miracles created with wisdom that overcomes hardness with softness. Culture may seem weak and invisible, but it can tightly unite a nation and make it strong. As a kind of soft power, it is the cornerstone of a strong country. Throughout the ages, many thousands of armies are worse than a single lobbyist. Examples of "conquering strength with softness" abound in "The Art of War".
The wisdom of adult beauty: In nature, the various functions of water can basically be said to be in the beauty of adults. "Water is the source of life, the key to production, and the foundation of ecology" has been highly summarized. As for the so-called flood disasters in human society, they are actually the laws of nature. It is just that we violate water science or do not understand and pay enough attention to this natural law.
Inclusive wisdom: The "selfless" state of water actually best reflects its inclusiveness. It can adjust itself to adapt to various objective environments, and it must also unconditionally accept various factors from the outside world.
The self-circulation of running water continuously cleans the natural environment and takes away urban garbage. It is an important and indispensable cleaning system in human production and life. It can accept many dirty things abandoned by humans or nature and "take them away" silently. It works hard without complaining and has no regrets. This is the noble character possessed by sages. In fact, in real life, as long as it exists objectively, we should not avoid it, but should recognize and accept it. We can change or transform it with the wisdom of water.
The wisdom of sizing up the situation and taking advantage of it: Because water has the character of "invisible" and "selfless", it can assess the situation and take advantage of the trend all the time in nature. Be careful about the external objective environment anytime and anywhere, adjust yourself to adapt to the environment, and thrive with the external environment.
The wisdom of water is endless and can be continuously explored as needed. As a product of nature, human beings should understand, respect and obey the laws of nature. Since water is the source of life, its intelligent genes should become the cornerstone of human wisdom; the wisdom and character of water should become the gentlemanly demeanor of all mankind.