中國哲學博大精深。儒家的仁愛之心呈現了厚德載物的博大胸懷，是中華民族***的品質，其崇高的精神已經融入我們整個民族的血液之中。道家的智慧無窮如天地，不竭如江河，為中華民族的生存發展提供了生生不息、周行不殆的深厚源泉和恆久動力。事實上，以儒道思想為核心的中國哲學也是整個人類*重要、*寶貴的精神遺產，這裡的品德與智慧堪與人類任何偉大的傳統相媲美。吾淳編著的《哲學思想(英文版)》采用觀念、概念、範疇與思想、理論、學說相結合的敘述方式，力求比較完整地呈現中國哲學的問題與面貌。

吾淳編著的《哲學思想(英文版)》不是以歷史的 線索而是以專題的線索來敘述中國哲學。全書共分五 個專題，分別是：世界的性質是怎樣的；事物的關繫 是怎樣的；社會的準則是怎樣的；人生的取向是怎樣 的；認識的結構是怎樣的。其中前兩部分是關於自然 或世界的看法，第三、四部分是關於社會和人生的看 法，第五部分則是對認識與智慧本身的看法。本書的 目的在於使讀者對中國博大精深的哲學思想有一個最 基本的了解，也即對古代中國那些最優秀、最偉大的 智者和智慧有一個最基本的了解。

Preface
WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE WORLD?
The Birth of Beliefs
Shen, the Religious Source of Chinese
Philosophical Ideas
Atheism
The FermaUen of Concopts abeut
Nature
Yin and Yang and the Five Elements: the
Intellectual Source of Chinese Philosophical
ideas
Vestiges of Magic
ObservaUon and Thinking about
Phenomena
The Concept of Difference or Diversity
The Concept of Change or Changeability
Sameness and Difference, Constancy and
Change
The Quest for Essence and Laws
Dao
Li
Qi

WHAT ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN THINGS?
The Relationship Between Heaven
and the Human, and its Religious
and Intellectual Background
The Religious Approach to the Heaven-
Human Relationship
The Intellectual Approach to the Heaven-
human Relationship
The Dialectical Outlook
Opposition
Mutual Reliance
Transformation
Relativity
I The Hollstic Outlook
The Golden Mean
Consideration of Both Sides
Synthesis
Association

WHAT ARE SOCIAL NORMS?
Moral Consciousness and the
Establishment of Confucian Moral
Principles
The Zhou Dynasty: the Origin of the
Sense of Morality
Confucius: the Tradition of Rites and the
Spirit of Benevolence
The Development of Confucian Social
Norms
Mencius' Idea of Benevolent Rule and Xun
Zi's Idea of"Propriety and Law"
Edification and the Ethical Tradition of
Chinese Civilization
The Confucian View on "Righteousness
vs. Profit" and "Heavenly Principle vs.
Human Desire"
ReHectlens on Social Issues In Other
Schools nf Thought
The Taoist Idea of Non-action
The Legalist Idea of Rule by Law
i Views on History
Various Views on History
The Circulatory Theory of History

WHAT IS THE PROPER
ORIENTATION OF LIFE?
The ideal Confucian Character and
its Cultivation
The Ideal Confucian Character
Established by Confucius
The Cultivation of the Ideal Character
Music and Character Building
Completion through Music
Equilibrium and Harmony
The Confucian Theory el Human
Nature
Mencius' Doctrine of the Goodness of
Human Nature
Xun Zi's Doctrine of the Evil of Human
Nature
The Development of Theories on
Human Nature
The Taolst Outlook on Life
Lao Tzu's Outlook on Life
Chuang Tzu's Outlook on Life

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF
KNOWLEDGE?
The Source and Ability el
Knowledge
Knowing and Not Knowing
Mind and Object
Name and Substance
Language and Meaning
The Structure or Form
of Knowledge
information and Thinking
Gradual Study and Epiphany
Investigating Things and Gaining
Knowledge
Removing Obstructions
Receptiveness and Serenity
Views on Knowledge and Actlnn
The Foundation of Early Views on
Knowledge and Action
Word and Action, Knowledge and
Practice
Zhu Xi's View on Knowledge and Action
Wang Yangming's View on Knowledge
and Action
Wang Fuzhi's View on Knowledge and
Action
Appendix