The Unity of Universe · Life · Civilization

Abstract This book constructs the complete scientific-philosophical system of the Lao-Yang Genesis Cosmology, with the Unity of Universe·Life·Civilization as its central proposition, arguing the cosmic roots of civilizational crisis and proposing the path to Natural Civilization. The book is organized into four parts and twelve chapters. Part I establishes cosmological foundations: mapping the strict generative chain Dao (Milky Way) → One (Solar System) → Two (Earth) → Three (Moon) → All Things (life and civilization) to precisely connect Laozi's Dao De Jing cosmogony with modern astrophysics, revealing the Sun-Earth-Moon triadic system (SEM) as the universe's precision engineering for life's emergence at the Earth node, and positioning Newtonian mechanism → Einsteinian relativity → Dao- follows-nature self-organization as three progressive paradigm leaps in the understanding of cosmic order. Part II establishes the foundations of life: using a triple framework of thermodynamics, dissipative structure theory, and information theory to argue that life is not a statistical accident but the intrinsic necessity of the cosmic generative chain at the Earth node, repositioning Darwinian evolution as the local mechanism of cosmic generative logic at the life level, and identifying human consciousness as the universe's organ of self- knowledge through the cognitive science of Kahneman and Nisbett. Part III provides civilizational crisis diagnosis: from Ptolemy's thousand-year illusion to the historical genealogy of the Three Great Illusions, proposing the Three-Level Greedy Positive-Feedback Model (3L-GFM) and the dynamic coupling of the Desire Amplification Factor (DAF) and Cosmic Constraint Function (CCF), precisely describing the system dynamics and three tipping points (NTP, STP, TTP) of civilizational entropy increase, and diagnosing the thermodynamic terminal state of the Empire of Greed. Part IV proposes the unified solution: with Natural Cybernetics as the operating system, the Moon Law and A+B+C framework as governance criteria, the cosmological unity of Truth-Goodness-Beauty as axiological foundation, the four-level Nested Sovereignty architecture and Entropy Accountability System (EAS) as institutional innovations, and the Declaration of Natural Civilization's seven propositions and the long-term vision of Cosmic Civilization as the final conclusion of the scientific-philosophical declaration. The book's core original contributions include: (I) the strict astrophysical mapping of the Lao-Yang Generative Chain (Dao = Milky Way, One = Solar System, Two = Earth, Three = Moon); (II) the 3L-GFM model and DAF- CCF dynamic coupling framework; (III) Natural Cybernetics as the contemporary operating system of Dao follows nature; (IV) the four-level Nested Sovereignty architecture as the political philosophy foundation superseding the Westphalian system; and (V) the cosmological argument for the unity of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. The book is simultaneously a philosophical declaration and a scientific hypothesis — the universe, life, and civilization share the same generative principle, whose name is Dao; to nest within the Dao is civilization's only sustainable path.