Lin, Yutang

Ben shu miao shu le su dong po sheng huo, chuang zuo yu cong zheng de jing li. huo shuo shi ji zai yi ge shi ren, hua jia yu lao bai xing zhi zhi you de shi ji.

A Chinese mountain boy seeks his fortune in the Singapore of the 1920's but cannot forget his first love back on the mainland.

Thoughtful analysis for the general reader of a philosopher's passage from the Chinese heritage of Confucianism and Buddhism to Christianity.

Biographical novel set in 7th century China, telling of Wu Tsertien whose meteoric rise from obscurity to become Empress of China is without parallel among the queens of Western history.

This classic gives a unique and sweeping insight into life in China, and in particular the differences between China and the West. Chapters: The Chinese People and Their Origins, The Chinese Character, The Chinese Mind, Chinese Ideals and Religion, Woman's Life, Social and Political Life, Literature, Art and Architecture, The Pleasures of Life, Home and Garden, Eating and Drinking, The End of Life, The Search for Leadership, and The Way Out. The Author: Lin Yutang was a born into a Christian family, and after choosing Taoism and Buddhism returned to Christianity. He we was educated at Harvard, and lived most of his life in America, primarily a writer and translator. His translations of Chinese texts were popular in America. His wife, (Lin TsuiFeng) was a cookbook author who popularized Chinese cooking in America.

Family life among the upper middle class of China from the Boxer Rebellion in 1899 to the Japanese invasion of the 1930's.

Contains primary source material.

This is a great book written in English by a great Chinese author, scholar, philosopher, linguist,...Lin Yutang (1895-1976), about the greatest Chinese poet, scholar, philosopher of all time - Su Tungpo (1037-1101). Lin states the history background in Su's days (Sung Dynasty) and the life and works of Su. Lin translated many of Su's poems in this book published in 1947, including THE most fabulous and, greatest poem (or "tse" in this particular form) of all Chinese literature - the "Mid-Autumn Moon", composed in 1076. Lin translated this poem not just by meaning but also in English rhythm. "How rare the moon, so round and clear! With cup in hand, I ask of the blue sky, ....." (page 175). Critics say that after this poem was written, all the other poems on the harvest moon could be well forgotten. Lin's translation is a piece of art. Lin portraits Su's study, talent, literature works, unswerving mind. Really worth of reading.