作品年表:
1928:翦拂集 上海北新书局
1930:Letters of a Chinese Amazon and Wartime Essays(林语堂时事述译汇刊) 上海开明书店
1930:开明英文读本(三册) 上海开明书店
1930:英文文学读本(二册) 上海开明书店
1930:开明英文文法(二册) 上海开明书店
1931:Reading in Modern Journalistic Prose(现代新闻散文选) 上海商务印书馆
1933:语言学论丛 上海开明书店
1934:大荒集 上海生活书店
1934:我的话上册(行素集) 上海时代图书公司
1935:开明英文讲义(三册)林语堂、林幽合编 上海商务印书馆
1935:The Little Critic: Essays, Satires and Sketches on China, First Series: 1930-1932(英文小品甲集) 上海商务印书馆
1935:The Little Critic: Essays, Satires and Sketches on China, Second Series: 1933-1935(英文小品乙集) 上海商务印书馆
1935:Confucius Saw Nancy and Essays about Nothing(子见子南及英文小品文集) 上海商务印书馆初版
1935:My Country and my People(吾国与吾民) New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc., (A John Day Book)
1936:我的话下册(披荆集) 上海时代图书公司
1936:A History of the Press and Public Opinion China(中国新闻舆论史) 上海别发洋行
1936:The University of Chicago Press
1937:The Importance of Living(生活的艺术) Reynal & Hitchcoca, Inc., (A John Day Book)
1938:The Wisdom of Confucius(孔子的智慧) Random House, The Modern Library
1939:Moment in Peking(京华烟云) A John Day Book Company
1940:With Love & Irony(讽颂集) A John Day Book Company
1940:Leaf in the Storm(风声鹤唳) A John Day Book Company
1941:语堂文存(第一册) 上海林氏出版社初版
1942:The Wisdom of China and India(中国印度之智慧) Random House
1943:Between Tears & Laughter(啼笑皆非) A John Day Book Company
1944:The Vigil of Nation(枕戈待旦) A John Day Book Company
1947:The Gay Genius: The Life and Times of Su Tungpo(苏东坡传)A John Day Book Company
1948:Chinatown Family(唐人街) A John Day Book Company
1948:The Wisdom of Laotse(老子的智慧) Random House
1950:on the Wisdom of America(美国的智慧) A John Day Book Company
1951:Widow, Nun and Courtesan: Three Novelettes From the Chinese Translated and Adapted by Lin Yutang(寡妇,尼姑与歌妓:英译重编传奇小说) A John Day Book Company
1952:Famous Chinese Short Stories, Retold by Lin Yutang(英译重编传奇小说) A John Day Book Company
1953:The Vermilion Gate(朱门) A John Day Book Company
1955:Looking Beyond(远景) Prentice Hall
1957:Lady Wu(武则天传) World Publishing Company
1958:The Secret Name(匿名) Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
1959:The Chinese Way of Life(中国的生活) World Publishing Company
1959:From Pagan to Christianity(信仰之旅) World Publishing Company
1960:Imperial Peking: Seven Centuries of China(帝国京华:中国在七个世纪里的景观) Crown Publishers
1961:The Red Peony(红牡丹) World Publishing Company
1962:The Pleasure of a Nonconformist(不羁) World Publishing Company
1963:Juniper Loa(赖柏英) World Publishing Company
1964:The Flight of Innocents(逃向自由城) G. P. Putnam's Sons
1965:无所不谈一集 台北文星
1966:平心论高鹗 台北文星
1967:无所不谈二集 台北文星
1973:Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage(当代汉英辞典) 香港中文大学
1974:无所不谈合集 台北文星
1976:红楼梦人名索引 台北华冈
1978:《语堂文集》 开明
1986:《林语堂经典名著》(1— 35卷) 台湾金兰文化出版社
1986:《文人剪影》(散文集)与人合集 重庆人民出版社
1988:《中国人》(杂文集) 浙江人民
1988:《赖柏英》(长篇小说) 湖南文艺
1988:《人生的盛宴》(散文集) 湖南文艺
Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor whose original works and translations of classic Chinese texts into English became very popular in the West.
Lin was born in the town of Banzi in Zhangzhou Fujian province in southeastern China. This mountainous region made a deep impression on his consciousness, and thereafter he would constantly consider himself a child of the mountains (in one of his books he commented that his idea of hell was a city apartment). His father was a Christian minister. His journey of faith from Christianity to Taoism and Buddhism, and back to Christianity in his later life was recorded in his book From Pagan to Christian (1959)
Lin studied for his bachelor's degree at Saint John's University in Shanghai, then received a half-scholarship to continue study for a doctoral degree at Harvard University. He left Harvard early however, moving to France and eventually to Germany, where he completed his requirements for a doctoral degree (in Chinese) at the University of Leipzig. From 1923 to 1926 he taught English literature at Peking University. On his return to the United States in 1931, he was briefly detained for inspection at Ellis Island.
Dr. Lin was very active in the popularization of classical Chinese literature in the West, as well as the general Chinese attitude towards life. He worked to formulate a new method of romanizing the Chinese language, and created an indexing system for Chinese characters.
He was interested in mechanics. Since Chinese is a character-based rather than an alphabet-based language, with many thousands of separate characters, it has always been difficult to employ modern printing technologies. For many years it was doubted that a Chinese typewriter could be invented. Lin, however, worked on this problem for decades and eventually came up with a workable typewriter -- brought to market in the middle of the war with Japan.
He also invented and patented several lesser inventions such as a toothbrush with toothpaste dispensing.
After 1928 he lived mainly in the United States, where his translations of Chinese texts remained popular for many years. His many works represent an attempt to bridge the cultural gap between the East and the West. He was frequently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
His first two books, My Country and My People (吾國与吾民,吾国与吾民) (1935) and The Importance of Living (生活的藝術,生活的艺术) (1937), written in English in a charming and witty style, brought him international fame. Others include Between Tears and Laughter (啼笑皆非) (1943), The Importance of Understanding (1960, a book of translated Chinese literary passages and short pieces), The Chinese Theory of Art (1967), and the novels Moment in Peking (京華煙雲,京华烟云) (1939) and The Vermillion Gate (朱門,朱门) (1953), Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (當代漢英辭典,当代汉英词典) (1973).
His wife, Lin Tsui-feng was a cookbook author whose authentic recipes did a great deal to popularize the art of Chinese cookery in America. Dr. Lin wrote an introduction to one of her and their daughter Lin Hsiang Ju's (林相如) collections of Chinese recipes. His second daughter, Lin Tai-Yi (林太乙) was the general editor of Chinese Readers' Digest from 1965 until her retirement in 1988.
Dr. Lin was buried at his home in Yangmingshan, Taipei, Taiwan. His home has been turned into a museum, which is operated by Taipei-based Soochow University. The town of Lin's birth, Banzi, has also preserved the original Lin home and turned it into a museum.
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(1937) The Importance of Living, Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc., (A John Day Book)
(1938) The Wisdom of Confucius, Random House, The Modern Library
(1939) Moment in Peking, A John Day Book Company
(1940) With Love & Irony, A John Day Book Company
(1940) Leaf in the Storm, A John Day Book Company
(1942) The Wisdom of China and India, Random House
(1943) Between Tears & Laughter, A John Day Book Company
(1944) The Vigil of Nation, A John Day Book Company
(1947) The Gay Genius: The Life and Times of Su Tungpo, A John Day Book Company
(1948) Chinatown Family, A John Day Book Company
(1948) The Wisdom of Laotse, Random House
(1950) On the Wisdom of America, A John Day Book Company
(1951) Widow, Nun and Courtesan: Three Novelettes From the Chinese Translated and Adapted by Lin Yutang, A John Day Book Company
(1952) Famous Chinese Short Stories, Retold by Lin Yutang, A John Day Book Company
(1953) The Vermilion Gate, A John Day Book Company
(1955) Looking Beyond, Prentice Hall (Published in England as The Unexpected island, Heinemann)
(1957) Lady Wu, World Publishing Company
(1958) The Secret Name, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
(1959) The Chinese Way of Life, World Publishing Company
(1959) From Pagan to Christianity, World Publishing Company
(1960) Imperial Peking: Seven Centuries of China, Crown Publishers
(1960) The Importance of Understanding, World Publishing Company
(1961) The Red Peony, World Publishing Company
(1962) The Pleasure of a Nonconformist, World Publishing Company
(1963) Juniper Loa, World Publishing Company
(1964) The Flight of Innocents, G. P. Putnam's Sons
(1973) Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage, Hong Kong Chinese University
Works by Lin Tsuifeng ("Mrs. Lin Yutang") and their daughter Lin Hsiang Ju
In English
(1956) Cooking with the Chinese Flavor, Prentice Hall (co-written with Lin Hsiang Ju)
(1960) Secrets of Chinese Cooking, Prentice Hall (co-written with Lin Hsiang Ju)
(1972) Chinese Gastronomy, Pyramid Publications; 1977 reprint: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (co-written with Lin Hsiang Ju, with an introduction by Dr. Lin Yutang)
(1996) The Art of Chinese Cuisine, Tuttle (a retitled edition of 1972 Chinese Gastronomy, co-written with Lin Hsiang Ju, with an introduction by Dr. Lin Yutang)
Works by his second daughter Lin Tai-Yi
Biography of Lin Yutang
Golden Platter Street
The Queen and I
Lin's Second Daughter
How Do You Do?
作品年表:
1928:翦拂集 上海北新书局
1930:Letters of a Chinese Amazon and Wartime Essays(林语堂时事述译汇刊) 上海开明书店
1930:开明英文读本(三册) 上海开明书店
1930:英文文学读本(二册) 上海开明书店
1930:开明英文文法(二册) 上海开明书店
1931:Reading in Modern Journalistic Prose(现代新闻散文选) 上海商务印书馆
1933:语言学论丛 上海开明书店
1934:大荒集 上海生活书店
1934:我的话上册(行素集) 上海时代图书公司
1935:开明英文讲义(三册)林语堂、林幽合编 上海商务印书馆
1935:The Little Critic: Essays, Satires and Sketches on China, First Series: 1930-1932(英文小品甲集) 上海商务印书馆
1935:The Little Critic: Essays, Satires and Sketches on China, Second Series: 1933-1935(英文小品乙集) 上海商务印书馆
1935:Confucius Saw Nancy and Essays about Nothing(子见子南及英文小品文集) 上海商务印书馆初版
1935:My Country and my People(吾国与吾民) New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, Inc., (A John Day Book)
1936:我的话下册(披荆集) 上海时代图书公司
1936:A History of the Press and Public Opinion China(中国新闻舆论史) 上海别发洋行
1936:The University of Chicago Press
1937 :The Importance of Living(生活的艺术) Reynal & Hitchcoca, Inc., (A John Day Book)
1938:The Wisdom of Confucius(孔子的智慧) Random House, The Modern Library
1939:Moment in Peking(京华烟云) A John Day Book Company
1940:With Love & Irony(讽颂集) A John Day Book Company
1940:Leaf in the Storm(风声鹤唳) A John Day Book Company
1941:语堂文存(第一册) 上海林氏出版社初版
1942:The Wisdom of China and India(中国印度之智慧) Random House
1943:Between Tears & Laughter(啼笑皆非) A John Day Book Company
1944:The Vigil of Nation(枕戈待旦) A John Day Book Company
1947:The Gay Genius: The Life and Times of Su Tungpo(苏东坡传)A John Day Book Company
1948:Chinatown Family(唐人街) A John Day Book Company
1948:The Wisdom of Laotse(老子的智慧) Random House
1950:on the Wisdom of America(美国的智慧) A John Day Book Company
1951:Widow, Nun and Courtesan: Three Novelettes From the Chinese Translated and Adapted by Lin Yutang(寡妇,尼姑与歌妓:英译重编传奇小说) A John Day Book Company
1952:Famous Chinese Short Stories, Retold by Lin Yutang(英译重编传奇小说) A John Day Book Company
1953:The Vermilion Gate(朱门) A John Day Book Company
1955:Looking Beyond(远景) Prentice Hall
1957:Lady Wu(武则天传) World Publishing Company
1958:The Secret Name(匿名) Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
1959:The Chinese Way of Life(中国的生活) World Publishing Company
1959:From Pagan to Christianity(信仰之旅) World Publishing Company
1960:Imperial Peking: Seven Centuries of China(帝国京华:中国在七个世纪里的景观) Crown Publishers
1961:The Red Peony(红牡丹) World Publishing Company
1962:The Pleasure of a Nonconformist(不羁) World Publishing Company
1963:Juniper Loa(赖柏英) World Publishing Company
1964:The Flight of Innocents(逃向自由城) G. P. Putnam's Sons
1965:无所不谈一集 台北文星
1966:平心论高鹗 台北文星
1967:无所不谈二集 台北文星
1973:Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage(当代汉英辞典) 香港中文大学
1974:无所不谈合集 台北文星
1976:红楼梦人名索引 台北华冈
1978:《语堂文集》 开明
1986:《林语堂经典名著》(1— 35卷) 台湾金兰文化出版社
1986:《文人剪影》(散文集)与人合集 重庆人民出版社
1988:《中国人》(杂文集) 浙江人民
1988:《赖柏英》(长篇小说) 湖南文艺
1988:《人生的盛宴》(散文集) 湖南文艺
2002:《圣哲的智慧》 陕西师范大学出版社