Preface The Author's Preface Preface to the Second Edition Foreword 1 Honest and Forthright Criticism Is the Best Policy Foreword 2 The Scientific Mode of Thinking and the Scientific Concept of Development Foreword 3 The True Value of a Theory Lies in Its Discovery Introduction Chapter One Current Mainstream Theories on the Cause of Cluna's Backwardness and Their False Conclusions Chapter Two Defects of the Chinese Traditional Mode of Tlunking Chapter Three Seelong Truth from Facts and Applying Theory to Practice Is Very Difficult to Achieve with the Clunese Mode of Tlunking Chapter Four Chinese People's Mode of Thinking Seriously Harms Their Own Personal Interests Cbapter Five Chinese Wisdom and Western Wisdom Chapter Six Confused and Rigid Vague Thinking Hinders the Progress of Cbina's Science and Technology Chapter Seven Reforming the Chinese's Traditional Mode of Thinking Is the Primary Task of Chinese Education Chapter Eight Epilogue Some Other Words