foreword
chapter ⅰ ancient wisdom pointing toward harmony
　1. soup-cooking and political wisdom for harmony of the chinese people
　2. accord of all states
　3. “to keep intact for supreme harmony, under which interest will be virtuous”
chapter ⅱ zheng he's oceanic voyages and china's foreign policy of peace
　1. zheng he's seven oceanic voyages
　2. zhang qian sent as an envoy to the western regions
　3. peace through marriage
　4. “treating those from afar who are not convinced”
　5. if kings and dukes abide by morals, everything will fall into place
chapter ⅲ the silk road and the economic ethics of china's peaceful development
　1. the silk road and the way for developing the economy and spreading culture　
　2. profit established through righteousness
　3. “extended love and shared profit”
　4. controlling profits with righteousness
　5. legitimacy of profit-making behavior in the song, yuan, ming and qing dynasties
chapter ⅳ the ideology of traditional chinese medicine (tcm) and the ecological ethics of china's peaceful development
　1. traditional chinese medicine and union of heaven and human kind
　2. “prohibition against shooting sleeping birds”
　3. “the highest good is like that of water”
　4. to conduct heavenly way by human laws
conclusion the great wall. a model of the idea of defensive strategy,
witness to china's peaceful development
　1. analyzing the ideology of the great wall as a defensive strategy
　2. “valuing harmony,” “harmony with differences” and the independent foreign policy of peace
　3. ideology of “great harmony”' and the peace-loving world outlook of the chinese people
　4. application of moral politics and establishing a peaceful international political order