道家自然思想的现代人文价值

老子提出了中国思想史上第一个负概念“无”，并将其作为“道”的存在方式，而与此相关的“自然”则为“道”的根本属性；继老子之后，庄子进一步将“自然”的意蕴加以扩充，“自然无为”乃成为道家理论的核心所在；郭象则以“性分”思想为理论基础，进一步对“自然”之义加以引申和发挥。在知识理性、工具理性大行其道的今天，面对当今社会出现的一系列负面问题，传统的道家自然思想依然展现着其关怀个体生命、社会众生乃至自然全体的人文价值，并依然能发挥其积极作用。

The Modern Humanistic Value of the Taoist Naturism

Lao-tzu put forward ＂nihility＂ which is the first negative concept in Chinese history. Lao-tzu considered ＂nihility＂ as an existing mode of ＂Tao＂ and ＂nature＂ as the basic attribute. Chuang-tzu made fur- ther improvement on the meaning of ＂nature＂. ＂calm and content oneself of nature＂ became the core of the Ta- oism. GUO Xiang developed the Taoist Naturism after Chuang-tzu on the basis of his ＂Xingfen theory＂. There is a series of negative problems because the instrumental rationality gets popular. However, the Taoist Naturism still shows its modern humanistic value for the life, the people and the whole nature, and plays an active role.