In this paper

through analyzing Issac’s spiritual cognition in Faulkner’s The Bear

an extended discussion of ecological civilization is given from two aspects

vertically New England Transcendentalism in American literature

and horizontally “the Unity of Nature and Man” in traditional Chinese culture. In the conclusion part

it is pointed out that the proposition of ecological civilization is a healthy trend and with the increasing awareness of ecological civilization

“One World

One Family” will walk out of the dream into the vigorous reality.