This is even though as long as3000 years ago China had the concepts of "all creatures coexisting," and "animals and ourselves are one," and Chuang-tzu often reminded people not to raise animals according to human concepts--which is almost the same as the basic thinking behind animal welfare today.
雖然三千年前中國就有「萬物共生」、「物我合一」的思想，莊子就不時提到不應以人的想法來養動物，幾乎可以說就是今天動物福利的基本思想。