论语导读

Chapter 1 The Life of Confucius

1. Reaching theSummitof His Career

2. Journeying Through the States

3. The Final Years

4. Why Didn’t Confucius Hand Down His Own Writings?

5. His Important Contributions to Thought

6. Confucius’ Political Ideas

Chapter 2 Confucius’ Concept of Education

1. Education for All and Tailored Instruction

2. Lifelong Education

3. Teaching and Learning Go Hand-in-Hand

4. Preaching and Education for a Better World

5. Confucius’ Famous Disciples

Chapter 3 Ethics and Kinship Ties

1. Filial Piety and Fraternal Affection

Chapter 1 The Life of Confucius

1. Reaching theSummitof His Career

2. Journeying Through the States

3. The Final Years

4. Why Didn’t Confucius Hand Down His Own Writings?

5. His Important Contributions to Thought

6. Confucius’ Political Ideas

Chapter 2 Confucius’ Concept of Education

1. Education for All and Tailored Instruction

2. Lifelong Education

3. Teaching and Learning Go Hand-in-Hand

4. Preaching and Education for a Better World

5. Confucius’ Famous Disciples

Chapter 3 Ethics and Kinship Ties

1. Filial Piety and Fraternal Affection

2. Forming Friendships

3. The Golden Mean

Chapter 4 Exercising Self-restraint and Restoring the Rites

1. Breaking Away from the Fetters of the Rites of Zhou

2. Inheriting and Developing the Various Kinds of Ceremony

Chapter 5 Benevolence

1. Benevolence Means Love for Others

2. How Does One Practice True Benevolence?

3. Benevolence in the Political Domain

4. The Meaning of Benevolent Rule

Chapter 6 Government by Non-action

1. The Meaning of Government by Non-action

2. Protecting the Interests of the People

3. Not Exceeding the Realm of the Way and Virtue

Chapter 7 The Gentleman

1. Breaking Free from the Bonds of Status

2. Unity of Thought and Action

3. The Difference between the Gentleman and the Petty Man

4. Magnanimity

5. Sincerity

6. Overcoming Weaknesses

7. Self-reflection

8. Self-cultivation

孔子和他的言论集《论语》至今仍对中国社会和中国人有着深刻影响。孔子是怎样的一个人，有着怎样的人生经历；《论语》又是怎样一部书，为何两千余年来为中国人所推崇。本书介绍了孔子的生平和《论语》的主要思想。全书共分七章，分别介绍孔子的生平、教育思想、伦理与亲情观念、克己复礼思想、仁爱思想、无为而治思想、君子的概念。

《论语导读》一书介绍了孔子曲折坎坷但又丰富多彩的一生，从其幼年贫苦生活讲起，讲述了他如何勤学上进，如何成名，如何办学、从政，后来又放弃政治，周游列国传播其思想，最后回到鲁国整理古籍的经历。该书对论语的篇目、语句进行了整合，分门别类地介绍了孔子的主要思想。全书结构清晰，思想性强，是一本很好的对国内外读者介绍中国传统文化的英语读物。值得一提的是，本书由外文出版社资深英籍专家Paul White翻译，语言地道，对提高读者的英语水平也有很大帮助。