Abstract: Karl Marx interpreted happiness and ecology from such four aspects as the nature of man， alienated labor， societal system and communism. In view of the above， he regarded ecological well-being as a living form that embodied the nature of man and ecological significance， which helps to outline what ecological well-being should be like for the present Chinese. Marx revealed the capitalist origin of ecological well-being crisis， which may provide scientific approaches to diagnose the plights of ecological well-being for the present Chinese. He also revealed the realization logic of ecological well-being， which can offer feasible paths to obtain ecological well-being for the present Chinese.

Key words: Karl Marx, happiness, ecological view, ecological well-being