The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life

　　為什麼一堂關於中國古代哲人的課程，會在哈佛校園引起轟動？

　　這是因為這些哲人思維，挑戰了我們所有關於現代生活的一切假設。這也是哈佛大學教授麥克．普鳴（Michael Puett）想告訴學生的：「這些哲學性的思考，將改變你的人生。」作家克莉絲汀．葛羅斯．駱（Christine Gross-Loh）甚至說：「你可以為自己找到你從未曾想過的可能性。」

　　這些驚人教導緣起於兩千多年前，當時的中國學者探討人類如何改善自我與社會環境。他們認為，影響力並非來自揮舞權力，而在於謹慎對待權力。卓越來自於我們的選擇，而非我們天生的能力。良好的生活不是來自精心策劃，而是透過訓練自我，對每個細小的時刻做出良好回應。

　　《The Path》顛覆了我們對於追求好日子的一切錯誤想像。這本書與其他同類書籍最大的不同之處在於，《The Path》告訴我們追求好日子沒有前例可循，只有通過每一刻當我們面對不同事物時當下的觀察與行動，才能讓你踏上你想望已久的美好人生。

　　By examining the teachings of Chinese thinkers, and explaining what they reveal about our daily lives - from greeting others to raising children - The Path challenges some of our deepest held assumptions. It shows that the way to live well is not to slavishly follow a grand plan, as so much of western thought would have us believe, but rather to follow a path - one of self-cultivation and self-discovery.

作者簡介

　　Michael Puett is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University and has lectured widely at the world's leading universities. His course in Chinese Philosophy has been so successful that his classes have been moved to the largest, 1000-seat lecture hall available at Harvard. His co-author and former PhD student Christine Gross-Loh has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic and the Huffington Post, and has made numerous television appearances. She is the author of Parenting without Borders.