很多复杂事物中存在组成问题（成分、构成、结构）。作者创立的组成论为此提供统一的认识模型、分析工具、计算方法和原理。它通过广义集合、分布函数和复杂程度三个概念分析事物组成，并进而揭示有随机性的事物都遵守最复杂原理。组成论与复杂性研究、信息论和热力学第二定律关系密切。本书介绍了它在自然和社会科学中的许多应用，还提出了信息不可增殖、不同形态的复杂程度（熵）互相转化等很多重要的新论点。自然科学、社会科学、哲学领域的理论工作者、有探索兴趣的科技专家、研究生都可以从本书中吸取新的思想、概念、方法和理论并且用于自己的领域。

张学文1999，11

2000，12、2001，6修订

The Constitution Theory

(崔旭翻译于2002，11，26)

The problem of constitution (component, composition or structure) exists in many complex things. The Constitution Theory proposed by the author provides a unified model, analysis tool and computational method and principle. The theory analyzes the components through the concepts of general set, distribution function and complexity, and it also reveals that every random event follows the maximum complexity principle. The constitution theory is closely related to complexity study, the information theory and the second law in thermodynamics. This book presents many applications of the theory on natural science and social science, and brings up important points such as non-increase of information, complexity transformation of different conformation (complexity law) and so on . Theorists in natural science, social science and philosophy fields, scientists, engineers and graduate students who are interested could obtain new ideas, concepts, methods and theories and apply them in their own fields.