Title: The Wisdom of China (English Edition by Lin Yutang)
Author: Lin Yutang
ISBN: 9787560086446
Language: English
Publishing Date: 2009-07
Publisher: Foreign Language Teaching & Researching Press
Cover: P Page: 618 Format: 32mo
About the Author:
Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West.
Content:
chinese mysticism
chuangtse, mystic and humorist
deformities, or evidences of a full character
opening trunks, or a protest against civilization
chinese democracy
the common possession of pure virtue
mencius, the democratic philosopher
mencius, the democratic philosopher
motse, the religious teacher
the middle way
the golden mean
chinese poetry
sketches of chinese life
six chapters of a floating life
chinese wit and wisdom
parables of ancient philosophers
introduction
the man who spurned the machine
the man who worried about heaven
the old man who would move mountains
confucius and the children
the man who saw only gold
looks like a thief
measurements for shoes
king huan lost his hat
how the tongue survived the teeth
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