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