How to view Dong Zhongshu’s thoughts on the connection between heaven and man and the unity of nature and man?

Dong Zhongshu believes that heaven and man are of the same kind and respond to each other. Heaven can intervene in human affairs, and humans can also respond to heaven.

"Unity of man and nature" means that man and nature must be one and live in peace, without talking about conquering and being conquered.

The relationship between heaven and man regards heaven and man as two independent objects that do not want to interfere. As the two basic elements of human existence, they can sense each other but do not interfere with each other.

The unity of nature and man focuses on the unity and integrity of heaven and man. It has a deeper degree of resonance than heaven and man. The unity of nature and man has become the highest state of Chinese Confucianism and an ultimate concern

The resonance between heaven and man: refers to the sympathetic correspondence between God's will and human affairs. It is believed that heaven can intervene in human affairs and predict disasters and auspiciousness, and human behavior can also be influenced by heaven. "Induction between heaven and man" means that humans and all things in nature are connected and respond to each other. Human beings are a part of nature. They are originally integrated with heaven, earth and all things, and are integrated into each other. However, they gradually become separated from nature because of their awareness of the separation of gods.

Unity of man and nature: Man and nature must be one and live in peace, without talking about conquering and being conquered.

It first points out the dialectical unity relationship between man and nature. ; Secondly, it shows that human beings have perfectionism and enterprising spirit of pursuing heaven, hoping for heaven, seeking heaven, and cooperating with heaven; thirdly, it reflects the comprehensiveness and innovation of the Chinese nation's worldview and values ????thinking model. In the value achievement system of the unity of nature and man, the unity of nature and man is an observation tool and thinking mode that describes the contradictory changes of things, as well as the reaction process and direction. Heaven and man each represent the two aspects of the contradiction between all things, namely the inside and the outside. , big and small, stillness and movement, advancement and retreat, power and resistance, passivity and initiative, thought and matter, etc.

We use heaven and man to represent the contradictions in all things. The main reason is that if there are no people, all contradictory movements cannot be detected; if there is no heaven, all contradictory movements will lose the carrier; only humans can use the contradictions of all things; only heaven can give people the resources to use contradictions! Only by using heaven and man as representatives of the contradictory movements of all things in the universe can we most thoroughly express the original appearance and function of the changes in heaven and earth.

The fundamental expression of the unity of nature and man: heaven and man are the core of the contradictions in all things in the world. The most essential pair of contradictions, heaven represents the material environment, and man represents the ideological subject who adjusts material resources. Harmony is the formal transformation between the contradictions. One is the fundamental attribute of the mutual dependence of contradictions.

The unity of nature and man constitutes the most fundamental unity of contradictions and opposites in human society. Among the contradictions in all things, there are four major levels of contradictions in order from the inside to the outside! And all the starting points, directions and destinations of human activities are all within the four contradictory movements of the unity of nature and man!