先秦諸子中,較為重要學派有儒道名法墨,本課程亦以此為主,這些派別,現在還有思想承繼者,只有儒家與道家,儒家在宋明理學裡,扮演著重要角色,而吾人以孔孟荀為主要上課內容;道家思想,於魏晉玄學中,有著重要的影響,如王弼注老,與向郭注莊,都是道家的延續,且有道教的發揚;而名家,乃與現今之邏輯學可參互比較;墨家的兼愛,與佛教的兼愛,基督的兼愛,亦可比較;法家部分,與現今的民主重法制,亦有其關連性,可做為比較

Among the pre-Qin scholars, the more important schools are Confucianism, Taoism, and Fa Mo, and this course is also based on this. These schools now have ideological successors, only Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism plays an important role in Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties, and we focus on Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi; Taoist thought plays an important role in the metaphysics of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Influences, such as Wang Bi Zhu Lao and Xiang Guo Zhu Zhuang, are both the continuation of Taoism and the development of Taoism; the famous schools can be compared with today's logic; the universal love of Mohism can also be compared with the universal love of Buddhism and the universal love of Christ; the Legalist part is also related to today's democracy and legal system, and can be compared

莊子原典
蔡仁厚,中國哲學史(上)(台北:學生書局,2009)
中國哲學史教學資料選輯(上)(北京:中華書局,2003)
南華真經注疏(北京:中華書局)

Zhuangzi's Original Canon
Cai Renhou, History of Chinese Philosophy (Part 1) (Taipei: Student Publishing House, 2009)
Selected Teaching Materials on the History of Chinese Philosophy (Part 1) (Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2003)
Commentary on the Nam Hwa Sutra (Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company)