生活的艺术(林语堂英文作品集)(月亮石)
分類: 图书,自我实现/励志,个人修养,人生哲学/智慧,
作者: 林语堂 著
出 版 社: 外语教学与研究出版社
出版时间: 2009-3-1字数:版次: 1页数: 477印刷时间:开本: 大32开印次: 1纸张:I S B N : 9787560081397包装: 平装内容简介
本书是林语堂旅美专事创作后的第一部书,也是他继《吾国与吾民》之后再获成功的又一英文作品。该书于1937年在美国出版,次年便居美国畅销书排行榜榜首达52周,且接连再版四十余次,并译成十余种外国文字。
作者简介
林语堂(1895-1976),福建龙溪人。原名和乐,后改玉堂,又改语堂。1912年入上海圣约翰大学,毕业后在清华大学任教。1919年秋赴美哈佛大学文学系。1922年获义学硕士学位。同年转赴德国入莱比锡大学,专攻语言学。1923年获博士学位后回国,任北京大学教授、北京女子师范大学教务长和英文系主任。1924年后为《语丝》主要撰稿人之一。1926午到厦门大学任文学院长。1927年任外交部秘书。1932年主编《论语》半月刊。1934年创办《人间世》,1935年刨办《宇宙风》,提倡“以自我为中心,以闲适为格调”的小品文。1935年后,在美国用英文写《吾国与吾民》、《京华烟云》、《风声鹤唳》等文化著作和长篇小说。1944年曾一度回国到重庆讲学。1945年赴新加坡筹建南洋火学,任校长。1952年在美国与人创办“天风》杂志。1966年定居台湾。1967年受聘为香港中文大学研究教授。1975年被推举为国际笔会副会长。1976年在香港逝世。
目录
FORWARD
PREFACE
Chapter One THE AWAKENING
I.APPROACH TO LIFE
II.A PSEUDO-SCIENTIFIC FORMULA
III.THE SCAMP AS IDEAL
Chapter Two VIEWS OF MANKIND
I.CHRISTIAN, GREEK AND CHINESE
II.EARTH-BOUND
III.A BIOLOGICAL VIEW
IV.HUMAN LIFE A POEM
Chapter Three OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE
I.THE MONKEY EPIC
II.IN THE IMAGE OF THE MONKEY
III.ON BEING MORTAL
IV.ON HAVING A STOMACH
V.ON HAVING STRONG MUSCLES
VI.ON HAVING A MIND
Chapter Four ON BEING HUMAN
I.ON HUMAN DIGNITY
II.ON PLAYFUL CURIOSITY: THE RISE OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION
III.ON DREAMS
IV.ON THE SENSE OF HUMOUR
V.ON BEING WAYWARD AND INCALCULABLE
VI.THE DOCTRINE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
Chapter Five WHO CAN BEST ENJOY LIFE?
I.FIND THYSELF: CHUANGTSE
II.PASSION, WISDOM AND COURAGE: MENCIUS
III.CYNICISM, FOLLY AND CAMOUFLAGE: LAOTSE
IV."PHILOSOPHY OF HALF-AND-HALF": TSESSE
V.A LOVER OF LIFE: T'AO YUANMING
Chapter Six THE FEAST OF LIFE
I.THE PROBLEM OF HAPPINESS
II.HUMAN HAPPINESS IS SENSUOUS
III.CHIN'S THIRTY-THREE HAPPY MOMENTS
IV.MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF MATERIALISM
V.HOW ABOUT MENTAL PLEASURES?
Chapter Seven THE IMPORTANCE OF LOAFING
I.MAN THE ONLY WORKING ANIMAL
II.THE CHINESE THEORY OF LEISURE
III.THE CULT OF THE IDLE LIFE
IV.THIS EARTH THE ONLY HEAVEN
V.WHAT IS LUCK?
VI THREE AMERICAN VICES
Chapter Eight THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HOME
I ON GETTING BIOLOGICAL
II.CELIBACY A FREAK OF CIVILIZATION
III.ON SEX APPEAL
IV.THE CHINESE FAMILY IDEAL
V.ON GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY
Chapter Nine THE ENJOYMENT OF LMNG
I.ON LYING IN BED
II.ON SITTING IN CHAIRS
IIl.ON CONVERSATION o
IV.ON TEA AND FRIENDSHIP
V.ON SMOKE AND INCENSE
VI.ON DRINK AND WINE GAMES
VII.ON FOOD AND MEDICINE
VIII.SOME CURIOUS WESTERN CUSTOMS
IX.THE INHUMANITY OF WESTERN DRESS
X.ON HOUSE AND iNTERIORS
Chapter Ten THE ENJOYMENT OF NATURE
I.PARADISE LOST?
II.ON BIGNESS
III.TWO CHINESE LADIES
IV.ON ROCKS AND TREES
V.ON FLOWERS AND FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
VI.THE "VASE FLOWERS" OF YUAN CHUNGLANG
VII.THE EPIGRAMS OF CHANG CH'AO
Chapter Eleven THE ENJOYMENT OF TRAVEL
I.ON GOING ABOUT AND SEEING THINGS
II."THE TRAVELS OF MINGLIAOTSE"
Chapter Twelve THE ENJOYMENT OF CULTURE
I.GOOD TASTE IN KNOWLEDGE
II.ART AS PLAY AND PERSONALITY
III.THE ART OF READING
IV.THE ART OF WRITING
Chapter Thirteen RELATIONSHIP TO GOD
I.THE RESTORATION OF RELIGION
II.WHY I AMA PAGAN
Chapter Fourteen THE ART OF THINKING
I.TIlE NEED OF HUMANIZED THINKING
II.THE RETURN TO COMMON SENSE
III.BE REASONABLE
CERTAIN CHINESE NAMES
A CHINESE CRITICAL VOCABULARY
WADE-GILES TO PINY1N CONVERSION TABLE
WORKS IN ENGLISH BY LIN YUTANG