中国早期思想家的著作，一直影响着中国文化和社会的方方面面，从教育到艺术，从政治和战争到日常礼节。而广受欢迎的漫画家蔡志忠，一直致力于用他独特而引入入胜、跨越了语言和文化的漫画，将这些古代经典著作的智慧带入现代人的生活。在这些作品取得巨大的成功和广泛的影响后，蔡志忠将创作方向转移到宏大的中国传统经典著作上。经蔡氏改编的这些漫画作品，同样广受评论家的好评并快速成为影响海内外的畅销书，为海外了解中国又打开了一个快捷窗口。凭借这些创作，蔡志忠成为世界上最有影响力的漫画家之。迄今为止，他的漫画作品在全球近50个国家销售超过40000000套。蔡氏漫画成为中国博大精深思想的一个载体，影响遍布伞球。《蔡志忠漫画：史记·世说新语（中英文对照版）》囊括了蔡志忠漫画中国思想、漫画中国传统经典著作的精华，采用中英文对照的全新编辑方式，既适合中国读者学习英文，又适合外国朋友学习中文。
序：人生通往哪里？
Prologue:The Path of Life................................................1
佛教圣典
BuddhistSacred Scriptures...............................................1
圣者树下的沉思Saint’s Contemplation under Bodhi Tree.............................2
三法印The Three Dharma Seals.........................................................................13
诸行无常Impermanence.......................................................................................15
诸受皆苦Suffering................................................................................................17
诸法无我No-self...................................................................................................20
缘起法The Law of Dependent Origination......................................................21
四圣谛——若集灭道 The Four Noble Truths —Suffering,Desire, Extinction, and the Path........28
八正道The Eightfold Noble Path.......................................................................34
佛语录Words of the Buddha...............................................................................39
一切因缘生Nothing but Dependent Origination............................................47
一切皆无常Impermanence..................................................................................55
心是大幻师The Mind is a Magician..................................................................62
当下即佛The Moment to Buddha......................................................................74
佛教的宗旨Buddhist Tenet.................................................................................80
离相曰空Formless and Emptiness.....................................................................86
涅槃是毕竟空Emptiness and Nirvana.............................................................94
学佛的目的The Purpose of Learning Buddha..................................................99
跋：佛教圣典就是东方圣经
Postscript:Buddhist Sacred Scriptures—The Eastern Bible..............105
经集
Sutta–Nipata....................................107
序：漫画《经集》..........................................108
蛇品The Snake.....................................................................................................111
犀牛角经The Rhinoceros-horn.........................................................................118
仁慈经Loving-Kindness....................................................................................139
胜经Victory..........................................................................................................142
牟尼经Muni Sutra (The Sage)...........................................................................146
宝经The Jewel......................................................................................................154
羞耻经Modesty...................................................................................................162
法行经The Righteous Life.................................................................................165
婆罗门法经Brahmanical Lore..........................................................................168
船经The Boat.......................................................................................................179
戒行经Precepts....................................................................................................181
起来经The Arousal.............................................................................................184
罗睺罗经Rahula.................................................................................................186
正确游行经Proper Wandering.........................................................................189
箭经The Barb.......................................................................................................197
爱欲八颂经The Chapter of Eights - Sensual-pleasures................................203
洞窟八颂经The Chapter of Eights – The Cave...............................................205
邪恶八颂经The Chapter of Eights - Evil........................................................209
纯洁八颂经The Chapter of Eights – The Purified..........................................213
至高八颂经The Chapter of Eights – The Highest..........................................217
衰老经Old Age....................................................................................................221
提舍弥勒经Tissa Metteyya..............................................................................225
波修罗经Pasura..................................................................................................229
毁灭以前经Before the Dissolution..................................................................234
争论经Quarrels and Disputes..........................................................................239
舍利弗经Sariputta.............................................................................................246
佛遗教经
Sutraon the Buddha’s Bequeathed Teaching.............................254
八大人觉经
TheEight Great Awakenings Sutra...................................296
第一觉知The First Awakening.........................................................................297
第二觉知The Second Awakening.....................................................................298
第三觉知The Third Awakening........................................................................299
第四觉知The Fourth Awakening......................................................................300
第五觉知The Fifth Awakening.........................................................................301
第六觉知The Sixth Awakening........................................................................302
第七觉知The Seventh Awakening....................................................................303
第八觉知The Eighth Awakening......................................................................304
八大人觉经 TheEight Great Awakenings Sutra............................................305
