《吕氏春秋》是一部以“生”与“人”为价值取向和哲学基点的构造性思想著作。《吕氏春秋》认为，生命是天所赋予的，天道的崇高性赋予了生命以重要价值。由此出发，《吕氏春秋》在人的自我养成上，认为应以对过分欲望的调节来实现生命的延续与完善；在伦理生活上，认为应尊重各个生命的发展，不可胡乱伤害他者；在政治治理上，认为天下为人人所共有，因此君主需要自我修养、任用贤臣。这种对“生”与“人”的重视，使《吕氏春秋》能够综合诸子、自成一家，超越秦政而具有持续的价值；其以“生”建构的兼合性哲学架构，更对秦以后儒家、道家哲学的创新性发展，具有启发意义。

Lushi Chunqiu is a structural work with “life” and “human” as its value orientation and philosophical foundation. It believes that life is endowed by heaven, and the lofty of heaven gives life important value. From this point of view, it believes that the continuation and perfection of life should be realized by adjusting excessive desire in the process of self-cultivation. In ethical life, it holds that the development of each life should be respected and we should not hurt other people recklessly. In political governance, it believes that the world is shared by everyone, so the monarch needs to cultivate himself and appoint wise men. This emphasis on “life” and “human” enables Lushi Chunqiu to integrate various philosophies and create its own philosophy, surpassing the Qin administration and having a lasting value. Its comprehensive philosophy based on “life” is instructive for the innovation of Confucian and Daoist philosophy after the Qin Dynasty.