Abstract: With the progress of modern medicine and life science, euthanasia has become a new problem and entered human vision. The proposal and introduction of euthanasia
In the west, people pay great attention to disputes, while in China, although there is no lack of research in medical and theoretical circles, ordinary people pay little attention to them.
Think hard. The reasons for this phenomenon lie in the differences between Chinese and western traditional views on life and death: first, different thinking on the nature of death; two
Cherish life for different purposes; Third, the understanding of the value of life is different.
Keywords: euthanasia; View of life and death; Differences between China and the West
"Euthanasia" originated from the Greek word "Euthanasia", which originally meant painless death. Now it refers to when the patient is in a critical and dying state, due to mental and psychological problems.
Extreme physical pain, and at the request of himself or his family, with the approval of the doctor, he ended his life by artificially passing through the death stage.
The whole process. The proposal of euthanasia and its controversy have aroused great concern in the west. However, due to the traditional view of life and death in China and the West.
Although there is no lack of research on euthanasia in China's medical and theoretical circles, ordinary people seldom seriously think about euthanasia.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reasons for the different attitudes towards euthanasia between China and the West by comparing their views on life and death.
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Consciously avoiding death is the fundamental feature of China's traditional life wisdom, and its ideological source can be traced back to Confucius at least. exist
"Advanced Language" records a far-reaching dialogue between Confucius and disciple Luz about death: "Lu Ji asked ghosts and gods, and Confucius said:
If you can't serve people, how can you serve ghosts? Dare to ask death and say,' How do you know death if you don't know life? "In this conversation, avoid talking about death, logically speaking.
Confucius' intention of attaching importance to life has been achieved. Confucius rarely talked about death, and the Analects occasionally mentioned death and funeral, and it was only considering a ceremony.
Social activities are carried out in an orderly manner. Confucius' view of death had a far-reaching impact on China people's view of life and death. It is precisely because of this that we avoid confrontation with death.
Thinking about death and the world after death and cherishing secular life have become the mentality of the whole Chinese nation.
Confucian speeches and classics are full of the breath of cherishing life and keeping in good health. There is a saying in Mencius with all his heart that "know life does not stand under a dangerous wall"
Language means that everyone should pay attention to life and avoid danger in order to enjoy the rest of his life. Xunzi Zheng Ming further pointed out that,
"What people want, what is born; Those who do evil will die. " Regard the desires and demands of life as the greatest pursuit and hope of adults. "Poetry" contains
There is a saying that "you need wisdom to protect your health". It is believed that a wise person should be good at maintaining his health and cherish his life. One of the later classics of Confucianism
The Book of Filial Piety regards the preservation of parents' lives as the minimum requirement of filial piety. But what needs to be pointed out here is that Confucianism is not the opposite.
Cherishing life is the purpose, and attaching importance to life is to raise relatives and let parents worry; It is to continue the descendants and let the sacrifice of the clan continue; This is for the sake of
In order to realize the value of life, the choice of death is more important than Mount Tai.
It is Taoism that develops the theory of reincarnation to the extreme. Taoism puts forward the idea that good life, good death and nature are in harmony. Lao Tzu said, "People should obey the law,
Earth and heaven, heaven and Tao, Tao is natural. "Its connotation is unchangeable with" nature "as the highest realm, and it is believed that only by imitating" nature "can it be changed.
Can save lives, can support lives. "The Great Master Zhuangzi" has the words that "a large piece carries me in shape, labors me in life, and once I am old, I will die".
The concept of life and death it tells also fully embodies the master's core idea of harmony between man and nature, that is, people should conform to nature and live a harmonious life.
Go to hell. But this does not mean that Zhuangzi is indifferent to life. On the one hand, Zhuangzi lingers on the rational metaphysical thinking of life and death, and thinks that life and death
Integration makes no difference to eliminate people's fear of life and death; But at the same time, this kind of thinking skillfully cooperates with the secular and direct health-keeping thought.
It is necessary to combine them and advise people to live as whole as possible, avoid death and strive for good life and good death. The whole article of Master Zhuangzi's Health Preservation is nothing more than health preservation.
Tao thinks that the most important thing is to save a life. However, the rebirth of Taoism is obviously different from that of Confucianism. The rebirth of Taoism is purely for oneself, except
There is no other purpose except saving lives and improving the mind. Taoism's theory of rebirth was later fully exerted by Taoist thinkers and integrated into one.
This religious practice of exploring the way of immortality has influenced people's view of life and death to a greater extent.
Buddhism's view of life and death should have been completely different from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Its basic proposition is that everything is bitter and can only be solved by giving up the world and seeking nirvana.
It can be seen that death is not inevitable in Buddhism. However, Buddhism in China is between Buddhism and traditional Confucianism and Taoism.