View on simple life is one of the core ideas of ecology of a famous American writer Thoreau. Thoreau draws on the Confucian idea of simple life ecological wisdom, put forward this far-reaching ecological thought. In the ecological crisis of contemporary view on simple life is becoming more and more important contemporary value. The simple life is not required for all contemporary people like Thoreau in the seclusion of the natural landscape, not advocating the contemporary people to return to the original life; but called on people in current society as much as possible to simplify his material life, people 's material demand and consumption needs to be restricted in the ecosystem can load range, and take as much time as possible to communion with nature and protect the natural, as high as possible to upgrade their spiritual pursuit and aesthetic taste. This is the simple life and its contemporary significance. View on simple life is one of the core ideas of ecology of a famous American writer Thoreau. Thoreau draws on the Confucian idea of simple life ecological wisdom, put forward this far-reaching ecological thought. In the ecological crisis of contemporary view on simple life is becoming more and more important contemporary value. The simple life is not required for all contemporary people like Thoreau in the seclusion of the natural landscape, not advocating the contemporary people to return to the original life; but called on people in current society as much as possible to simplify his material life, people 's material demand and consumption needs to be restricted in the ecosystem can load range, and take as much time as possible to communion with nature and protect the natural, as high as possible to upgrade their spiritual pursuit and aesthetic taste. This is the simple life and its contemporary significance.