吾淳著的《中國哲學(英文版)(精)/中華之美叢書
》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。

Foreword
What Is the Nature of the World
The Birth of Beliefs
The Formation of Concepts about Nature
Observation and Thinking about Phenomena
The Quest for Essence and Laws
What Are the Relationships between Things
The Relationship between Heaven and Human, and Its Religious and Intellectual Background
The Dialectical Outlook
The Holistic Outlook
What Are the Social Norms
Moral Consciousness and the Establishment of Confucian Moral Principles
The Development of Confucian Social Norms
Reflections on Social Issues in Other Schools of Thought
Views on History
What Is the Proper Orientation of Life
The Ideal Confucian Character and Its Cultivation
Music and Character Building
The Confucian Theory of Human Nature
The Taoist Outlook on Life
What Is the Structure of Knowledge
The Source and Ability of Knowledge
The Structure or Form of Knowledge
Views on Knowledge and Action