CHAPTER 1 Introduction
1.1　Motivations and grounds for making comparative studies
1.2 The essentials of comparative culture in the present book
　　1.2.1　The leading role of ideology
　　1.2.2　Literature and art as part of cultural tradition
　　1.2.3 A variety of cultural subjects
1.3 Gap yet to be bridged
CHAPTER 2 A Comparison of Ancient Chinese and Western Philosophies
2.1　A survey of ancient Chinese philosophy
　　2.1.1　Confucianism
　 2.1.2　Taoism
　　2.1.3　Legalism
　　2.1.4 Mohism
2.2 A survey of ancient Western philosophy
　　2.2.1　The inception of Western philosophy CHAPTER 1 Introduction
1.1　Motivations and grounds for making comparative studies
1.2 The essentials of comparative culture in the present book
　　1.2.1　The leading role of ideology
　　1.2.2　Literature and art as part of cultural tradition
　　1.2.3 A variety of cultural subjects
1.3 Gap yet to be bridged
CHAPTER 2 A Comparison of Ancient Chinese and Western Philosophies
2.1　A survey of ancient Chinese philosophy
　　2.1.1　Confucianism
　 2.1.2　Taoism
　　2.1.3　Legalism
　　2.1.4 Mohism
2.2 A survey of ancient Western philosophy
　　2.2.1　The inception of Western philosophy
　 2.2.2　The representative figures or schools
2.3 Comparative comments
　 2.3.1　Economic, political and intellectual circumstances
　 2.3.2　Philosophical and academic ideas .
2.4 A case study
　　2.4.1　Setting for the birth of Confucius and Socrates' ideologies
　　2.4.2　Personal and academic experiences
　　2.4.3 Religious faith
　　2.4.4 Political views
　　2.4.5　Philosophical and cognitive issues
　　2.4.6 Ethical ideas
CHAPTER 3 A Comparison of Middle-Age Chinese and Western Philosophies
　3.1　Social and intellectual background
　3.2　Chinese representative philosophies
　　3.2.1　Fan Zhen
　　3.2.2 Zhu Xi
　　3.2.3 Wang Shouren
　3.3 Western representative philosophies
　　3.3.1　Neoplatonism
　　3.3.2　Scholasticism
　　3.3.3　The Christian Reformation and Martin Luther
　3.4 Comparative comments
　　3.4.1　The establishment and defence of the orthodox ideology
　　3.4.2　Historical reasons behind the faiths
　　3.4.3　The view of Confucianism and Christianity
　　3.4.4　Influence on the attitude towards nature and learning
　　3.4.5　Mysterious and religious factors within the ideological tendency
　3.5 A case study
　　3.5.1　Motivation for scholarly modifications
　　3.5.2 Epistemology and metaphysics
　　3.5.3　Ethical principles .
　　3.5.4　Political, social and intellectual concerns
CHAPTER 4 A Comparison of Modern Chinese and Western Philosophies
　4.1　Social and intellectual scene for modern philosophy
　4.2　The Chinese representative thinkers
　　4.2.1　Wang Fuzhi
　　4.2.2　Gong Zizhen
　　4.2.3　KangYouwei
　　4.2.4　Sun Yatsen
　4.3 The development of modern Western philosophy and its representative figures
　　4.3.1　The Renaissance: F. Bacon and T. Hobbes
　　4.3.2　Empiricism and J. Locke
　　4.3.3 J. Rousseau and the French Revolution
　　4.3.4 J. Mill, F. Nietzsche and the dawn of the new era
　4.4 Comparative comments
　　4.4.1　Social and intellectual conditions
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CHAPTER 5 A Comparison of the Chinese and English Languages
CHAPTER 6 A Comparison of Chinese and Western Poetry
CHAPTER 7 A Comparison of Chinese and Western Fictions
CHAPTER 8 A Comparison of Chinese and Western Paintings
CHAPTER 9 A Comparison of Science between China and the West
Epilogue
Chronological Table of Major Chinse and Eestern Cultural Events Figures
Bibliography