How to Understand "Harmony between Man and Nature"

"The Unity of Heaven and Man" is one of the basic concepts of China's classical philosophy, which is opposite to the theory of "the separation of heaven and man". The so-called "heaven" is thought to include the following contents: 1, and heaven can have an inductive relationship with people; 2. God-given people are good or bad; 3. Heaven is the object that people fear and serve; 4. Heaven dominates human existence, especially the fate of the dynasty (the day of destiny); 5. Heaven is the existence that endows people with benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom. Another view holds that "heaven" is the representative of "nature". "Heaven and man are one" has two meanings: First, heaven and man are consistent. The universe is naturally a big world, while man is a small world. The second is the correspondence between heaven and man, or the connection between heaven and man. It means that man and nature are interlinked in essence, so all personnel should follow the laws of nature and achieve harmony between man and nature. Laozi said: "People should be everywhere, the land should follow the sky, the sky should follow the Tao, and the Tao is natural." The second edition of Laozi unearthed in Mawangdui shows the consistency and communication between man and nature. Confucianism in the pre-Qin period also advocated "the unity of heaven and man", and The Doctrine of the Mean said: "Honest people have the way of heaven, and sincere people have the way of others." It is believed that as long as people carry forward the virtue of "sincerity", they can be consistent with heaven. Dong Zhongshu, a Confucian in the Han Dynasty, clearly put forward: "Heaven and man are one." (The Story of the Spring and Autumn Period: A Deep Investigation of Famous Things) has become an important viewpoint of Confucianism for two thousand years.