目录 FOREWORDINTRODUCTIONPREFACEPART ONE BASES PROLOGUEChapter One THE CHINESE PEOPLEⅠ.NORTH AND SOUTHⅡ.DEGENERATIONⅢ.INFUSION OF NEW BLOODⅣ.CULTURAL STABILITYⅤ.RACIAL YOUTHChapter Two THE CHINESE CHARACTERⅠ.MELLOWNESSⅡ.PATIENCEⅢ.INDIFFERENCEⅣ.OLD ROGUERYⅤ.PACIFISMⅥ.CONTENTMENTⅦ.HUMORⅧ.CONSERVATISMChapter Three THE CHINESE MINDⅠ.INTELLIGENCEⅡ.FEMININITYⅢ.LACK OF SCIENCEⅣ.LOGICⅤ.INTUITIONⅥ.IMAGINATIONChapter Four IDEALS OF LIFEⅠ.CHINESE HUMANISMⅡ.RELIGIONⅢ.THE DOCTRINE OF THE GOLDEN MEANⅣ.TAOISMⅤ.BUDDHISMPART TWO LIFEChapter FIVe WOMAN'S LIFEⅠ.THE SUBJECTION OF WOMENⅡ.HOME AND MARRIAGEⅢ.IDEAL OF WOMANHOODⅣ.EDUCATION OF OUR DAUGHTERSⅤ.LOVE AND COURTSHIPⅥ.THE COURTESAN AND CONCUBINAGEⅦ.FOOTBINDINGⅧ.EMANCIPATIONChapter Six SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFEⅠ.ABSENCE OF THE SOCIAL MINDⅡ.THE FAMILY SYSTEMⅢ.NEPOTISM, CORRUPTION AND MANNERSⅣ.PRⅣILEGE AND EQUALITYⅤ.SOCIAL CLASSESⅥ.THE MALE TRIADⅦ.THE FEMALE TRIADⅧ.THEVILLAGE SYSTEMⅨ."GOVERNMENT BY GENTLEMEN"Chapter SeVen LITERARY LIFEⅠ.A DISTINCTIONⅡ.LANGUAGE AND THOUGHTⅢ.SCHOLARSHIPⅣ.THE COLLEGEⅤ.PROSEⅥ.LITERATURE AND POLITICSⅦ.LITERARY REVOLUTIONⅧ.POETRYⅨ.DRAMAX.THE NOVELⅪINFLUENCE OF WESTERN LITERATUREChapter Eight THE ARTISTIC LIFE I.THE ARTISTII.CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY Ⅲ.PAINTING IV.ARCHITECTURE Chapter Nine THE ART OF LIVING I.THE PLEASURES OF LIFEII.HOUSE AND GARDENⅢI.EATING AND DRINKING IV.THE END OF LIFE THE SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OFCHINESE NAMES WADE-GILES TO PINYIN CONVERTION TABLE WORKS IN ENGLISH BY LIN YUTANG 作者介绍 林语堂,1895年10月10日生于福建漳州,乳名和乐,名玉堂,后改语堂。22岁获上海圣约翰大学学士学位,27岁获美国哈佛大学比较文学硕士学位,29岁获德国莱比锡大学语言学博士学位,同年回国,先后执教于北京大学。北京师范大学,厦门大学和上海东吴大学,1936年后居住美国,此后主要用英文写作,1966年定居台湾,1967年受聘为香港中文大学研究教授。1975年荣任国际笔会副会长。1976年3月26日病逝于香港。葬于台北阳明山故居。林语堂用英文创作和翻译的一系列经典作品影响深远,奠定了他在国际文坛上的重要地位。 序言
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