《君主论》是意大利政治家、思想家马基雅弗利的代表作，是一本毁誉参半的奇书，一直被奉为欧洲历代君主的案头之书，政治家的最高指南，统治阶级巩固其统治的治国原则，人类有史以来对政治斗争技巧最独到最精辟的解剖。自1532年开始印行，迄今470多年，从西方到东方，在政界、宗教界、学术等领域引起巨大的反响，被西方评论界列为和《圣经》、《资本论》等相提并论的影响人类历史的十部著作之一。

《君主论》简介：The Prince is an intensely practical guide to the exercise of raw political power over a Renaissance principality. Allowing for the unpredictable influence of fortune, Machiavelli argued that it is primarily the character or vitality or skill of the individual leader that determines the success of any state.

《君主论》由马基雅弗利所著。

DEDICATION 1

1 HOW MANY KINDS OF PRINCIPALITIES THERE ARE,AND BY WHAT MEANS THEY ARE ACQUIRED/1

2 CONCERNING HEREDITARY PRINCIPALITIES/2

3 CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES/3

4 WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEXANDER, DID NOT REBEL AGAINST THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER AT HIS DEATH/12

5 CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCIPALITIES WHICH LIVED UNDER THEIR OWN LAWS BEFORE THEY WERE ANNEXED/15

6 CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED BY ONE’S OWN ARMS AND ABILITY/17

7 CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQUIRED EITHER BY THE ARMS OF OTHERS OR BY GOOD FORTUNE/21

8 CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A PRINCIPALITY BY WICKEDNESS/29

9 CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY/34

10 CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ALL PRINCIPALITIES OUGHT TO BE MEASURED/38

11 ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES/41

12 HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND CONCERNING MERCENARIES/44

13 CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AND ONE’S OWN / 50

14 THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR/ 55

15 CONCERNING THINGS FOR WHICH MEN, AND ESPECIALLY PRINCES, ARE PRAISED OR BLAMED / 58

16 CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS/60

17 CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND WHETHER IT IS BETTER TO BE LOVED THAN FEARED / 63

18 CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SHOULD KEEP FAITH / 67

19 THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND HATED/71

20 ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT,

ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL? / 81

21 HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS TO GAIN RENOWN/86

22 CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES/90

23 HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED/92

24 WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES/95

25 WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS AND HOW TO WITHSTAND HER / 97

26 AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS/101