中国传统文化内容丰富博大，而其核心是中国传统思想体系。按照雅斯贝尔斯的说法，中国春秋战国时期形成的主要思想流派，是人类“轴心文明”的重要构成。其中儒、墨、道、法“四大家族”按照价值排列，其顺序应当是道、儒、墨、法。道家哲学是中国思想史上的高峰，道家是中国传统思想文化之根。
Chinese traditional culture is extensive and profound. Its core is the system of Chinese traditional ideology. According to Karl Jaspers，the main schools of thought that had been formed during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods is the important part of the Axis Civilization. According to the sequence of the values of the Big Four，Taoism should be put at the first place and then followed by Confucianism，Mohism and Legalism. Taoism is the peak of the Chinese intellectual history as well as the root of the Chinese traditional culture.
