Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The Methodology for the Study of the History of Philosophy 1.2 Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Philosophy 1.3 The Struggles Between “Past and Present” and Between “China and the West” and the Revolution in Modern Chinese Philosophy References Part I The Pre-Qin Period （CA. 1046-256 BCE） Chapter 2 The Rise of Confucianism，Mohism，Daoism，and Legalism 2.1 Confucius Doctrine of the Unity of Humanity and Knowledge 2.2 Mozi and the Conflict Between Confucianism and Mohism — The Antagonism Between Empiricism and Apriorism 2.3 The Laozi： “The Movement of Dao Consists in Reversion” — The Presentation of the Dialectical Principle of Negation 2.4 Sunzi Bingfa （Sunzi's Art of War）and the Rise of the Legalists References Chapter 3 The High Tide of Contention Among the “Hundred Schools of Thought” 3.1 The Guanzi： The Confluence of Legalism and Doctrines of the Huang-Lao School 3.2 The Conflict Between Confucian and Legalist School