呂碧城對西方保護動物運動的傳介－以《歐美之光》為中心的探討="The Introduction of the Western Animal Protection Movement by Miss Alice Pichen Lee-A Discussion Focusing on ""the Light of the West"" "
Miss Alice Pichen Lee, an excellent female poet in the early twentieth century in China, took up the advocacy of the movement of animal protection and vegetarianism in her old age and became a bridge of communication between eastern and western communities of the movement. The idea of anti-killing had taken root in her mind when she was young and was being developed both in breath and depth under the guidance of Buddhism. She played a crucial role in its cultural dissemination through the participation of the animal protection movement in the western countries. By writing poems, disseminating the concept of anti-slaughter, becoming a vegan, and even translating the Sutras of the Buddha, she inquired into life and the civilized evolutionary process and raised herself to higher spiritual needs. She was so full of kindness and compassion that she would put the idea of harmonious relationships between the mankind and any other species in the first place, which was the teaching of the Buddha. However, she failed to attend the activities of the first community of animal protection in China in 1930's which she had tried to establish when the country was in turmoil. Restraining the power from being too uncontrolled and supporting the weaker to make good progress were her major concepts to achieve the ideal of the prohibition of slaughter through putting the preservation of life into practice in daily life. She would rather prevent cruelty to animals and prohibit the slaughter in an unjust and unnecessary way at the same time. Anti-slaughter and protecting animals were her basic points when she was attending the activities of the movement. She followed two important principles in her actions that (1) international organizations like the League of Nations were not really reliable and (2) the public opinions must be expounded and propagated. She also regarded the saying: ”True happiness comes from true civilization” as her highest target in life."
