Tang Ke: He Kaitiaki Pūmau i te Ara Tiaki Taiao
I te whanaketanga o te ahumahi, he mea nui te tiaki i te taiao, ā, kāore e taea te wareware. Tang Ke e whakaatu ana i tana whakapau kaha ki te kaupapa tiaki taiao mā roto i ngā mahi whai hua. Kua piri tonu te kamupene ki te rapunga whakaaro o te waihanga i tētahi taiao taiao pai mō te whakatupuranga e whai ake nei. Mō te ao katoa, ko te kaupapa matua o Shanghai Tang Ke he "whakarato i te taiao matomato, he taiao-hoa, ā, ngā hua takai haumaru mō te oranga pai ake."

I runga Te raina whakaputa a Tang KeNā te maha o ngā hiahia o ngā kiritaki, kāore e taea te karo i te ngaronga o te kiriata. He nui ngā para kiriata ka puta i a Tang Ke i ia marama. Ki te tukuna noatia ēnei para, ki te kore rānei e hangarua tika, ka nui te taumahatanga ki te taiao. I te aroaro o ēnei "para hanga", hei utu mō te whai i te huarahi poto o te whakatairanga i te hua, ka piri a Tang Ke ki te waiaro kawenga taiao, ā, kua whakatakotohia he tukanga whakakorenga tino pakari, paerewa hoki. I te tīmatanga o ia marama, ka kohia e Tang Ke ēnei para, ka rongoatia tika, kātahi ka tukuna ki ngā tari hangarua ngaio me ngā tari whai tohu. Kua tatauhia mā te maimoatanga kino e ngā tari ngaio, ka taea te whakaiti i te nui o ngā tukunga matū kino i puta mai i te whakakorenga hē i ia marama, ā, ka karohia te poke pea o te oneone, ngā puna wai me te hau e te nui o ngā poke.
He rerekē, i roto i te mākete, ko ētahi kaihanga kāore i te whai kawenga pāpori, i runga i te whai i ngā painga ōhanga poto, ka hangarua, ka tukatuka anō i ēnei para kiriata e tika ana kia maka tika, ka hurihia hei hua ngoikore ka waipuke i te mākete. Ehara i te mea ka whakaiti noa i ngā tika me ngā painga o ngā kaihoko tēnei momo whanonga, engari ka tino kino hoki te taiao. Tērā pea ka tukuna e aua para kua whakamahia anōtia ngā matū kino i te wā o te hanga me te whakamahinga, ka poke i te oneone, i ngā puna wai me te hau, ā, ka puta he kino nui ki te pūnaha rauropi.

E mōhio ana a Tang Ke kāore te whanaketanga o tētahi umanga e tika kia pāngia te taiao. Mā te noho tahi me te taiao anake ka taea ai te whakatutuki i te whanaketanga pumau. I te ara o te tiaki taiao, ka haere tonu a Tang Ke ki te anga whakamua, ki te whakatutuki i ngā kawenga pāpori me ngā mahi whai hua, ā, ka whakapau kaha ki te tiaki i ngā wai mārama me ngā maunga matomato.















