中国早期思想家的著作影响了中国文化和社会的方方面面，从教育到艺术，从政治到战争到日常礼节。广受欢迎的漫画家蔡志忠先生一直致力于用他独特而富有吸引力的画风将这些古代经典著儿的智慧带入生活。这一中国传统思想系列漫画映射出历史上伟大的思想家们的光辉；包括：
·孔子，和谐生活的智慧
·老子，道家自然生活的智慧
·庄子，道家自由与自然的智慧
·孙子，不战而胜的智慧
·禅师，生活在瞬间的智慧
蔡志忠先生最早是因为他获奖的多部动画电影和每日连载漫画引起大众的关注的。在长期的自学之后，蔡志忠先生将创作方向转移到经典著作上。作品广受评论家的好评并快速成为畅销书。蔡先生的书已被美国知名出版社如,Princeton University Press和Knopf出版。
Brian Bruya是此系列书美国版的译者，拥有夏威夷大学比较哲学的博士的学位。他是中国早期哲学研究领域的专家和翻译，同时还是一个关于中国哲学研究的网站“书海文苑”的总编辑。

The Life of Sun Wu
Chapter 1 Calculation
Calculation
The Dao, Heaven, Earth,
Command, Law
The Dao
Heaven
Earth
Command
Law
The Seven C.lculations
Subterfuge
Taking Advantage of the
Enemy
Temple Decisions
Chapter 2 Waging War
A Million Dollars a Day
Protracted War is
Disadvantageous
Victory Not Duration
Gain Strength Through
Defeating the Enemy
The General Who Knows
Chapter 3 Strategic Offensive
The Principles of Warfare
Attack Strategy
The Strategic Offensive in
War
Powers of the Commander
Know Thyself, Know Thine
Enemy
Chapter 4 Tactical Disposition
The Objective of Strategy
Seek Victory Before Fighting
The Circumstances of Decisive
Battle
Chapter 5 Force
Frontal and Surprise
The hnplementation of Frontal
and Surprise Attacks
Force
Creating Force
Chapter 6 Strength and Weakness
Control Others Without Being
Controlled
Concentration Against
Fragmentation
Like Water
Chapter 7 Maneuver
Make the Crooked Straight
Advantage and Disadvantage
Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain
Chapter 8 Alternatives
Alternatives
Chapter 9 On the March
Deployment
Chapter 10 Terrain
Terrain
The Six Kinds of Defeat
A Great General Is a National
Treasure
Chapter 11 Ground
Strategies of Ground
Fighting on Internal Lines
The Army of the Supreme
Sovereign
Wage War Like a Serpent
lake a Maiden
Chapter 12 Incendiary Warfare
The Five Methods of Incendiary
Warfare
Move Only When It Benefits
Chapter 13 Espionage
Spies
The Five Spies