南怀瑾先生认为，西方文化的贡献促进了物质文明的发达，却也导致了精神生活的匮乏，使国人陷入了物质丰富和精神贫乏的尖锐对比的矛盾中。本书从仁爱、寡欲、德行、自强、孝道、好学等多方面阐述了南怀瑾先生对中国传统文化的理解，展现了藏于经史典籍深处的智慧。（NAN Huaijin believes that western culture has contributed to the development of material civilization, yet also led to lack of spiritual life and caught the Chinese in a sharp contradiction between abundant material wealth and mental poverty. This book sets forth NAN's understanding on Chinese traditional culture from various aspects of benevolence, few desires, virtue, self-reliance, filial piety and studiousness.）