Publisher's Notes Foreword Introduction Chapter One The Origin of the Great Way and the Education of Sages: The Core of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture 1. The hexagrams created by Fuxi and moral expressed in words: the view of the whole world as one 2. The sage going against the tide: Shennong taught the people to farm and nurtured the people with public spiritedness 3. The creator of political system: the sage king appointed people by merit and governed for the people Chapter Two To Pass on Family Traditions and Teachings: to Cultivate Moral Character and Put Family in Order Is the Beginning of the Way 1. Proper education starts from family: three mothers bring up children by the principle of filial piety 2. The Master made by the ups and downs of his official career: Confucius studies the Way through self-cultivation Chapter Three To Govern the People When the Great Way Prevails: a Community with a Shared Future Based on Traditions 1. To make political and military achievements by working in unity: experience from ages of prosperity 2. To attract people from distant places by cultivating morality: common development through multiculturalism Classic Quotes