美国的智慧

FOREWORD

PREFACE ON A SUNDAY MORNING

Chapter One THE WISDOM OF LMNG

Ⅰ THE SCOPE OF WISDOM

Ⅱ. THE PHILOSOPHERS BLINDMANS BUFF

Ⅲ. THE AMERICAN SENSE OF FACT

Ⅳ. THE DEMAND FOR FAITH

Chapter Two COUNSEL FOR LⅣING

Ⅰ ALL IS RIDDLE

Ⅱ. HEED THY PRⅣATE DREAM

Ⅲ. WHO IS THE DREAMER?

Ⅳ. WHEN LAUGHTER IS WISER THAN TEARS

Chapter Three OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE

Ⅰ MODERN MAN PSYCHOANALYZED

Ⅱ. ADAM AND EVE

Ⅲ. WE SIMIANS

Ⅳ. WHAT ARE WE MAKING OF OURSELVES?

Chapter Four THE RHYTHM OF LIFE

Ⅰ WHERE IS WOMAN?

Ⅱ. THE RACE OF LIFE

Ⅲ. OLD AGE

Ⅳ. DEATH AND IMMORTALITY

Chapter FⅣe MAN AS SENTIMENT

Ⅰ INADEQUACY OFTHE MATERIALISTIC VIEW

Ⅱ. THE STUFF OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE

Ⅲ. THE RIGHT TO ROMANCE

Ⅳ. WHEN THE PRACTICAL MAN BECOMES A LOVER

Ⅴ THE SOULS VITAL RAPTURES

Chapter Six NEW ENGLAND INTERLUDE

Chapter Seven LIFE

Ⅰ THOREAU AND CONFUCIUS

Ⅱ. NO APOLOGY FOR LⅣING

Ⅲ. THE JOYS OF COMMON LIFE

Ⅳ. THE HEROISM OF COMMON TOIL

Ⅴ THOREAU AND THE VALUES OF LIFE

Chapter Eight LIBERTY

Ⅰ WHY LIBERTY?

Ⅱ "DEMOCRACY" VERSUS "DEMOCRATSKY"

Ⅲ. THE COMMON MAN

Ⅳ. THE STATE AND THE INDⅣIDUAL

Ⅴ JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY

Chapter Nine THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Ⅰ THE BLUE BIRD

Ⅱ. PHYSIOLOGICAL PEACE

Ⅲ. THE TONIC EFFECT OF WORK

Ⅳ. THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT

Ⅴ HOW TO BE SWEET THOUGH SOPHISTICATED

Chapter Ten THE ARTS OF LⅣING

Ⅰ THE ART OF DOING NOTHING

Ⅱ. FRIENDSHIP AND CONVERSATION

Ⅲ. FOOD AND WINE

Ⅳ. TEA AND TABACCO

Ⅴ HOBBIES

Chapter Eleven NATURE

Ⅰ SOCIETY AND NATURE

Ⅱ. THIS SENSE-FILLED EARTH

Ⅲ. THE WONDER OF IT ALL

Ⅳ. THE POWER AND THE GLORY

Ⅴ PANTHEISTIC REVELRY

Chapter Twelve GOD

Ⅰ A STRICTLY PRⅣATE MATTER

Ⅱ. OUR LOW NOTIONS OF GOD

Ⅲ. ESSAY ON BLACK

Ⅳ. THREE GREAT RELIGIOUS NATURES

Ⅴ THE SPIRIT OF INQUIRY

Chapter Thirteen LOVE

ⅠMARRIAGE

Ⅱ.GREAT MEN IN TROUBLE： FRANKLIN

Ⅲ. JEFFERSON INTROUBLE

Ⅳ. LINCOLN IN TROUBLE

Ⅴ SEX AND MODESTY

Ⅵ WHITMANS SEX DEMOCRACY

Chapter Fourteen LAUGHTER

Ⅰ HUMOR

Ⅱ. SATIRE

Chapter Fifteen WAR AND PEACE

Ⅰ WORLD GOVERNMENT

Ⅱ. WOODROW WILSON

Ⅲ. WAR AND PEACE

Chapter Sixteen THE SUMMING UP

Ⅰ TO EVERY MAN HIS OWN PHILOSOPHY

Ⅱ. JUSTICE HOLMESS CREDO

Ⅲ. EINSTEINS INTIMATE CREDO

Ⅳ. A TOAST TO MODERATION

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ENGLISH WORKS BY LIN YUTANG

林语堂用美妙的英文向世界介绍中国人和中国历史文化，但是，囿于所处时代、社会环境和个人经历，他的思想认识不免带有历史的局限。20世纪30年代至50年代正是中国国内动荡变迁、破旧立新的时期，特定的创作背景无疑也给他的作品留下印痕。显而易见地，比如当时对朝代称谓与历史纪元的划定不统一(如称清朝为Manchu Dynasty)；且时无汉语拼音方案，专有名词均使用威妥玛拼音音译等。此外，也能发现作者在解读文化历史和社会生活现象时的不足，如反映在民族关系的表述上，称中国的一些少数民族为foreign blood、foreign race，乃至以Chinese特指Han Chinese等。