Six Lectures on Confucianism/儒学六讲

To understand Chinese culture, one must first understand its Confucian roots.
读懂中国文化，从读懂儒家哲学开始

"Six Lectures on Confucianism" is a masterwork by the renowned scholar Liang Qichao, designed to make Confucian culture accessible to the general reader. It represents the essence of his lifelong study of Confucian philosophy.

The book systematically traces the origins, transitions, inheritance, evolution, and influence of Confucianism over 2,500 years-from the time of Confucius to the early Republican period. It introduces the doctrines of key Confucian thinkers such as Confucius, Dong Zhongshu, Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao, Zhang Zai, Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuyuan, and Wang Yangming, helping readers understand how various Confucian schools developed and transformed across different eras and contexts.

Based on Liang Qichao's lecture notes from the Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Learning, this edition is both comprehensive and remarkably clear. It remains an indispensable classic for anyone seeking to understand Confucian philosophy and Chinese culture.


《儒学六讲》是国学大师梁启超为一般读者讲解儒家文化的普及读物，代表了梁启超儒学研究的精髓。《儒学六讲》系统讲述了自孔子至清末民初两千五百年中儒学的起源、变迁、继承、演化和影响，介绍了孔子、董仲舒、程颐、程颢、张载、朱熹、陆九渊、王阳明等儒学代表人物的学说主张，帮助读者了解儒学各个流派在不同时空内的流衍变化。《儒学六讲》以梁启超在清华国学院讲课稿为底本，通俗易懂，深刻全面，是读者了解儒家哲学和中国文化不可不读的一本经典读物。