Chapters

Preface

The Author's Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

Foreword 1 Honest and Forthright Criticism Is the Best Policy Yue Xuanyi

Foreword 2 The Scientific Mode of Thinking and the Scientific Concept of evelopment Zhao Jinghua

Foreword 3 The True Value of a Theory Lies in Its Discovery Shen Shihao

Introduction

Chapter One Current Mainstream Theories on the Cause of China's Backwardness and Their False Conclusions

Chapter Two Defects of the Chinese Traditional Mode of Thinking

Section One Abstract Logical Thinking Ability of Chinese People is Weak

Section Two Chinese People's Thinking Methods are Disordered and Rigid

Chapter Three Seeking Truth from Facts and Applying Theory to Practice Is Very Difficult to Achieve with the Chinese Mode of Thinking

Chapter Four Chinese People's Mode of Thinking Seriously Harms Their Own Personal Interests

Chapter Five Chinese Wisdom and Western Wisdom

Chapter Six Confused and Rigid Vague Thinking Hinders the Progress of China's Science and Technology

Chapter Seven Reforming the Chinese's TraditionalMode of Thinking Is the Primary Task of Chinese Education

Some Other Words

Appendix

Main References