老子

一 老子其人与《老子》其书

二 《老子》文本的几种形态

三 老子思想的来源

四 尊道而贵德——老子的道论和德论

五 无为而治——老子的社会政治思想

六 知足知止——老子的人生哲学思想

七 唯美与恶，相去若何——老子的美学思想

八 老子思想在中国思想史上的地位和影响

中国是世界文明的发源地之一，有五千多年的文明史。在中国古代思想史上，涌现出了许许多多杰出的思想家，为中华民族乃至整个人类留下了丰富的思想遗产。这些思想成果独树一帜，在漫长的历史中又不断地被阐释、被发展，很多思想对于今天的中国乃至世界而言，仍然历久弥新，极具生命力。比如，儒家学派创始人孔子“仁”的理念、“和”的思想，不仅在当代中国，在其他亚洲国家也一直备受推崇。

The Collection of Critical Biographies o[Chinese Thinkers， under the general editorship of the late honorary president of NanjingUniversity， Professor Kuang Yarning， is the largest-scale project ofresearch materials on Chinese thinkers undertaken since the beginning of the twentieth century. Standing on the shoulders ofthis great man and other 200 well-known Chinese professors， thiscollection of concise Chinese-English version is not only based ona profound academic foundation， but also exhibits a brand new feature which is the virtue of explaining the profound in a simple way， hence leading readers to mastery of the contents; it also incorporates a refined principle of selection， a simple mode of evaluation and commentary， and a moving narration of the stories and their wisdom.
　　Lao zi， one of the most important celebrities in Chinese history and the inaugurator of Taoism， taught people should retreat in order to advance， be humble and modest， overcome the hard with the soft and preserve the mind and cultivate the nature to achieve "Do no thing and everything will be done."