Because people and all animals including dogs alike have desires, alike suffer pain, and alike are self-centered, their wisdom and wants are very similar, and there is no basic difference in their natures. From this has derived the idea that freeing animals is good, causing stray dogs to appear in Chinese cities very early on.
因為人與包括狗在內的所有動物一樣有慾望，一樣會痛苦，一樣自我中心，智慧與情慾相差不多，不存在本質上的差異，由此衍生而出的放生觀念，讓中國都市「流浪狗」出現得也很早。