One of Harvard's most popular professors brings to life the world of ancient Chinese philosophy and explains why it's still deeply relevant today.

People all over the world have been thinking about how to live well for thousands of years.

Yet although all Western philosophy students are familiar with thinkers like Plato and Aristotle, the great founding figures of the Chinese philosophical tradition remain mostly unknown.

Michael Puett is a professor of Chinese history at Harvard University, while Christine Gross-Loh is a journalist who writes on history, education, philosophy, and global parenting.

In this bestselling book, the authors show us how to approach ancient Chinese philosophy, presenting its core ideas in an accessible manner.

The Path examines how ancient Chinese philosophers asked many of the same fundamental questions as their Western counterparts, but often arrived at very different answers.