Abstract: As a popular book of exhortation in Ming and Qing Dynasties, The Kitchen God Classics (Zaowang jing 竈王經) set forth more detailed requirements for people's words and behaviors. A very important part of the content is to discuss the idea of returning nature from five aspects: respecting the heavens, respecting the ancestors, harmony with family, cherishing things, and cleaning the heart, in the hope that people can improve their self-cultivation through specific behavior requirements and return to their original minds. To achieve physical and mental balance, so as to better assume the social role of oneself, so that society enters a more standardized and orderly virtuous circle.

Key words: Return to nature, Zaowang jing, Moral order