古人有言,天生万物,各有其位。佛又说,万物众生,一律平等。但弱肉强食,适者生存,是自然的法则。曾经,出现过人为鱼鳖,然而更多的,还是鱼为人食。其实,各类动物都比人类出现得早。而在人类早期朴素的情感、认知状态下,先民们也谦逊地承认动物对自己的价值与意义,并且以形形色色的图腾崇拜予以再现,譬如我们中国人就崇拜龙。 The ancients have words, all things are born, have their place. Buddha also said that all beings, all equal. However, the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest, is the law of nature. Once, there have been human fish, but more, or fish for human consumption. In fact, all kinds of animals appeared earlier than humans. In the early simple human emotion, cognitive state, the ancestors also modestly recognize the value of animals and their own significance, and to all kinds of totem worship to be reproduced, for example, we Chinese worship of the dragon.