Abstract: Life education for students has become an important subject of school education. Many ideas on life in the history of both China and the West provide a reference space for our understanding of life and improve our life construction and also made a basis for life education, research and practice. We should sort out the life thoughts in both Chinas traditional culture and in the Western philosophy. We can draw reasonable ingredients to provide guidance for todays education.

Key words: life education, connotation, theoretical origin, inspiration

摘要： 对学生进行生命教育已成为当前学校教育的重要课题。历史上中西方有关生命的思想为理解生命、完善生命构建提供了参考空间，也为开展生命教育理论研究与实践奠定了理论基础。梳理我国传统文化中的生命思想、西方哲学中的生命思想，挖掘和借鉴其合理成分，为今天的教育提供指导。

关键词: 生命教育, 内涵, 理论渊源, 启示