Part One Roger T. Ames and Yiduobufen Chapter One Interesting Differences Between China and the West Chapter Two From Matteo Ricci to Roger T. Ames Chapter Three Professor Roger T. Ames's Academic Background Chapter Four Yiduobufen and Yiduoeryuan Chapter Five The Century Lecture Hall Seminar One Chapter Six The Century Lecture Hall Seminar Two Chapter Seven The Century Lecture Hall Seminar Three Part Two Compilation of Excerpts from Roger T. Ames's Writings Chapter One A Historically Appreciated Confucianism Chapter Two Making Responsible Cultural Comparisons Chapter Three Clearing a Path to China Chapter Four Chinese Cosmology: An Interpretive Context for Understanding Confucianism Chapter Five The Confucian Project: Attaining Relational Virtuosity Chapter Six Confucian Role Ethics Chapter Seven Human-centered Confucianism Chapter Eight Theorizing Confucian Persons for a Changing World Cultural Order Part Three Compilation of Excerpts from Tian Chenshsn's Writings Chapter One The Utmost Simplicity of the Great Dao Helps Tell Chinese Stories to the World Chapter Two Cross-cultural Narration: Methodology and Practice Chapter Three Where May Chinese Culture Gain Its Self-confidence Chapter Four Postmodern Thinking May Be a Key to Understanding Confucianism Chapter Five Western Politics and Confucian Governance Contrasting Ideologies Chapter Six Chinese Cultural Values and Public Diplomacy Chapter Seven A Reflection on the Sinicization of Marxism from Both Chinese and Western Perspectives Postscript