Natural Dao and Cosmic Order

This paper proposes and systematically argues for the Lao-Yang Genesis Cosmology (LYGC) — a comprehensive philosophical system grounded in two core propositions of Laozi's Dao De Jing, validated through modern astrophysics, thermodynamics, and cybernetics. The central claim of LYGC is that Laozi's Following Chain (13 characters: man follows earth, earth follows heaven, heaven follows Dao, Dao follows Nature) and Genesis Chain (13 characters: Dao generates One, One generates Two, Two generates Three, Three generates the ten thousand things) are not cultural metaphors but proto-cosmological descriptions of verified cosmic facts. Modern astrophysics confirms: the Sun (One) formed through gravitational collapse; the Earth (Two) condensed from the solar nebula; the Earth-Moon system (Three) stabilized through the Giant Impact (Theia collision); the ten thousand things evolved under the periodic energy flows of the Sun-Moon-Earth system. This sequence maps precisely onto the Genesis Chain, granting LYGC an empirical cosmological foundation that transcends hermeneutics. The paper further introduces four operationalizable philosophical constructs: Sage Entropy (dS/dt = rho_r · DAF / delta-CCF), the Cosmic Constraint Function (CCF), the Desire Amplification Factor (DAF), and the Natural Civilization Index (NCI). These convert Laozi's cosmic image into cross-domain analytical tools for ecological crisis, AI and Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS) governance, and civilizational conflict. The paper concludes with a threefold argument: the progression of human cosmology from Geocentrism to Heliocentrism to Dao-centrism represents not merely astronomical advance but a fundamental ontological leap in self-understanding; LYGC provides the philosophical core of this third and as-yet-unfinished leap; Natural Dao is not cultural heritage but cosmic fact; therefore LYGC is not one candidate among many but the necessary choice among current philosophical resources.