I dedicate this book to the youth in China and elsewhere. They deserve more comprehensive information about the precepts of Confucius than is available so far. There are scholarly works by sinologues, each covering one or several aspects of Confucianism. A survey in more general terms like this one may perhaps fill a need.
The Chinese original of this book has been received with enthu- siasm in Hong Kong and Taiwan of China, Singapore, and Malaysia. Friends well-versed in the Korean and the Japanese languages are engaged in translating it. This English version painstakingly undertaken by Professor Orient Lee, I am sure, will enrich the young people in the West with the wisdom of our Sage.