Lin Yutang the Importance of Living

If it has a section titled "Importance of laziness", is it really a philosophical book? After studying the texts of many years of ancient China, Lin Yutang, a Harvard scholar, Taoist scholar and contemporary writer, wrote "Importance of Life" to express his highly subjective personal feelings It was. . Talking with friends, walking down the street, drinking tea and talking with friends is very important speaking with the Taoist classic story, Jeremy Lin, away from his point of view, find new things and enjoy the surrounding life In order to remind us

After seeing the name and sentences of Lin Yutang (1895-1976) many times this week, I removed the old version of "the importance of life" from the shelf and blew away the dust Appendix B: Important Chinese vocabulary I am very happy to find it. . It is written for general readers and includes 81 specific terms and so forth. In my efforts to translate Chinese literature like the translation of "Chang Ch'ao's Epigrams", I often encounter difficult phrases and terms. It is translated into English. This will make me think that the list of important Chinese terms, perhaps with descriptive comments, is convenient and informative. As Chinese critics seem to have developed techniques that enjoy nature, arts and literature and testing their important vocabulary will reveal their aesthetic appeal to this skill and things, it is also beneficial Will.

Lin Yutang opened his article by comparing the reader to a non-reader. For Yuan, those who have not developed reading habits are imprisoned in their familiar world in terms of time and space. This person limits his life to a series of customs - limited contact and conversation occurring mainly in the direct circle of their friends and acquaintances, and in their present environment. Yutang "There is no escape from this prison." "I soon entered another world. If this is a good book, he will immediately contact one of the world's best speakers. Please enter another age or release him from his personal regret or talk about special lines and aspects of life where the reader does not know anything. "