阅读这张时间轴How to read this timeline
左侧以中国、印度、日本的思想传统为主；右侧以古希腊、地中海和欧洲传统为主，也收录塑造欧洲哲学的伊斯兰与犹太思想。它们都是多元、交织的传统，不能归结成单一“东方”或“西方”。The left emphasizes traditions from China, India and Japan. The right emphasizes Greek, Mediterranean and European traditions, including Islamic and Jewish thought that shaped European philosophy. These are diverse, intertwined traditions, not two uniform civilizations.
每一行对应一个时段，卡片各自标出思想形成或代表著作的年代，以代表性时间点归入时段；跨期思想不会因此止于行末。行高为阅读服务，并非按年等比。同期并列不意味着观点相同或存在直接影响；紫色条目另行说明有史料依据的传播与交流。Each row covers a time window; every card gives the period of an intellectual development or representative work and is grouped by a representative date, without implying that its history stops at the row boundary. Row heights aid reading rather than represent years proportionally. Contemporaneity does not imply agreement or direct influence. Purple notes separately describe documented transmission and exchange.
这是精选入门读本，侧重哲学、伦理、政治与宗教思想。早期年代常为约数，著作可能经长期编定；展开卡片可查看著作、背景和参考来源。This is a selective introduction to philosophy, ethics, politics and religious thought. Early dates are often approximate, and texts may have developed over long periods. Expand a card for works, context and references.
让不同传统彼此照亮Let traditions illuminate one another
从“我们如何生活”出发，再追问知识、秩序、自我与自由。主题筛选提供一种跨时代阅读路径；它是编排索引，不代表思想家的全部立场，也不把相似问题当作相同答案。Start with how we should live, then explore knowledge, order, selfhood and freedom. Theme filters offer paths across periods. They are editorial guides, not exhaustive descriptions of a thinker's position, and similar questions need not have identical answers.
所有中英文概述均为本地编写的入门摘要，并附参考条目，不是思想家原文引语。正文、筛选与搜索可离线使用；参考链接需联网。你可以继续让助手补充人物、主题和双语说明。The Chinese and English summaries are original introductory paraphrases with references, not quotations from the thinkers. Reading, filtering and searching work offline; reference links require internet access. You can ask the assistant to add thinkers, themes and bilingual notes.