Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 The Inevitable Trend of the Development of System Theory 1.1.2 Artificial System Design 1.2 Relationship Between System Theory and Philosophy as well as Other Relevant Disciplines 1.2.1 Philosophy 1.2.2 Relationship Between Philosophy and Natural Sciences 1.2.3 Relationship Between System Theory and Philosophy 1.2.4 Relationship Between System Theory and OtherDisciplines (Natural Sciences)Chapter 2 Basics of System Theory 2.1 Definition of System and Explanations of Its Key Points 2.1.1 Definition of System 2.1.2 Explanations of Its Key Points 2.2 Categories of the Unity of Opposites Often Concerned with theApplication of System Theory 2.2.1 Relativity and Absoluteness 2.2.2 Similarity (Resemblance) and Difference (the Comparison Between the Characteristics of Things) 2.2.3 Certainty and Contingency (the Representation of the Compliance of the Motion of Things with Laws Mastered by Mankind) 2.2.4 Purposefulness and Natural Determinism (the Representation of the Compatibility of Man's Intentions with Objective Lawsand Conditions) 2.2.5 Whole and Parts (the Relationship Between Holistic and Partial Existence in Things) 2.2.6 Complexity and Simplicity (General Characteristics of Mankind's Knowledge and Assessment of the Motion and Existence of Things) 2.2.7 Qualitative and Quantitative Changes (Representing a Pair of the Most Basic Motion Characteristics im the Motion of Things) 2.2.8 Continuous and Discontinuous (the Representatiom of the Continuation of the Changes, the Adjacency of Cetain Important Characteristics in the Motion of Things in Temporaland Spatial Order) 2.3 Unavoidable Brief Discussions on "Beauty" 2.3.1 The Essence of Men and Beauty 2.3.2 The Categorization of Beauty 2.3.3 Scientific Beauty 2.3.4 Technical Beauty 2.3.5 Engineering Beauty 2.3.6 Scientific and Engineering Beauty in the Fields of System 2.4 Axioms of System 2.4.1 Top Axioms of System Theory ("Shared" with Materialist Dialectics) 2.4.2 Temporary System of Axioms of System Theory 2.5 The Expanded Model of Multilayered Temporal and Spatial Domains of Systematic Motion 2.5.1 A Basic Theoretical Framework Behind the Establishment of This Model is Composed of the Following Core Elements 2.5.2 Multilayered Multi-periodical Expansion Model of SystemBased on Relations (Represented Separately in Terms of Space and Time) 2.6 Relations 2.6.1 Mathematic Definitions 2.6.2 Connotations of Relation in System Theory 2.6.3 Some Important Relations Concerned with in System Theory 2.6.4 The Classification of "Relations" from the Perspectiveof the Connotations and Denotations of "the Concept of Relation 2.6.5 Relations of the Objects Sustained by "Relations"(Set Objects as XYZ) 2.6.6 Spatial and Temporal Expansion of Relations ����Chapter 3 The Current Development of System TheoryChapter 4 Information and Information SystemsChapter 5 Basics of System Knowledge, Representation and DescriptionChapter 6 Development and Categorization of Artificial System Design and the Philosophy of Artificial System DesignChapter 7 Major Points in the Design, Thinking, Methods and Process of Artificial Systems