Abstract
The main concern of this thesis is that how does the change of the manner of thinking deeply influence the way that one thinks and feels about himself/herself and the relationship with nature? “Manner of thinking” may seems abstract, but it often reflects on essential concepts. Therefore, by analyzing these essential concepts, we could realize the pattern of manner of thinking and its historical evolution. And undoubtedly, “Wen” is an crucial and important concept in Chinese world. By analyzing the genealogy of “Wen” — including “Wen-xue,” (文學, literature), “Wen-ming” (文明, civilization), “Wen-hua” (文化 culture), and “Ren-wen” (人文, culture), we could find that after 20th century, the Chinses users tremendously changed their realization about civilization, culture, nature, and human beings. This thesis constructs the genealogy of “Wen,” just in order to deconstruct the accustomed manner of thinking, and try to offer an alternative way of thinking — the way that could properly treat nature as well as human beings.