‘Chinese Style’ Culture Series is a set of Chinese language textbooks catering to the learning needs of overseas students, but it is still available for both Chinese and foreign readers who are interested in Chinese culture. This set of books consists of six volumes, respectively created by dean of Confucius Institute or front-line teachers who have teaching Chinese as a foreign language for years. They will on the one hand “tell fascinating Chinese stories”, and on the other “carry forward Chinese culture”.

This book mainly introduces the traditional Chinese philosophical ideas that have a profound impact on Chinese culture and on Chinese people’s thinking and behavioral patterns, including Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism and Legalism. After reading this book, the foreigners that love Chinese language and culture will gain an objective and all-round knowledge of China and its people. It is an eligible textbook for foreign learners at HSK4 level and above, or an introduction to traditional Chinese philosophy for general Chinese readers.