《中国人的道德前景》出版于1997年,茅于轼在书中提出的社会问题在十几年后的今天一一铺陈在众人眼前。那时,我们沉浸在香港回归、地大物博的喜悦中,迷恋于改革开放所取得的成就,但这位清醒的学者指出了中国发展的诟病及道德展望。提到道德,当然会想到中华五千年的文化传统。孔孟之道、老庄哲学,他们对道德都有深刻的见解。但他们讲学的初衷是为 The “Chinese People’s Ethical Prospects” was published in 1997, and Mao Yushi’s social problems raised in the book are being displayed in front of the public today more than a dozen years later. At that time, we were immersed in the joy of Hong Kong’s return to the great land and we are infatuated with the achievements made in the course of reform and opening up. However, the sober-minded scholars have pointed out the criticisms and moral expectations of China’s development. When it comes to morality, we certainly think of the five thousand years of Chinese cultural tradition. Confucius and Mencius, Lao-Zhuang philosophy, they have a profound insight into morality. But their original intention is to give