May I ask if this text is from Lin Yutang s book?

Lin Yutang, "The Art of Reading".

Lin Yutang Anthology" has a library.

From the article "The Art of Reading".

Lin Yutang, a master of Chinese culture in the Zhaozhao Dynasty, is a famous linguist, translator and writer. Born in the following year after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, he studied in the United States and Germany in his early years, and obtained a master's degree in literature from Harvard University and a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Leipzig. '

**, it's "Jinghua Smoke and Clouds".

Hello, Lin Yutang was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twice in 1940 and 1950. He has founded publications such as "Analects", "The World" and "Cosmic Wind" [1], and his works include ** "Jinghua Smoke and Clouds" and "Laughter and Laughter". The collection of essays and essays "The Feast of Life" and "The Art of Life", as well as translations of "Selected Poems of Dongpo" and "Six Tales of Floating Life".

He settled in Taiwan in 1966 and was appointed as a research professor at the University of Hong Kong Chinese in 1967, where he presided over the compilation of Lin Yutang's Contemporary Chinese-English Dictionary

Lin Yutang's main works include "My Country and My People", "Jinghua Smoke and Clouds", and "The Biography of Su Dongpo".

1. Introduction to "My Country and My People".

"My Country and My People" is divided into two parts, the first part talks about the foundation of Chinese life, ethnic, psychological and ideological characteristics; The second part deals with various aspects of Chinese life: women, society, literature, and art. In this book, the author analyzes the spirit and characteristics of the Chinese nation from a calm and sharp perspective, and presents a true and rich national image to the West.

2. Introduction to "Jinghua Smoke and Clouds".

"Jinghua Smoke Cloud" is a long story written in English by Lin Yutang from August 1938 to August 1939 when he lived in Paris**, the English title is "moment in peking", "Jinghua Smoke Cloud" is the title of the book after he translated it into Chinese, and there are also translations that translate this book as "Instant Jinghua", and the first English version was released in 1939.

3. Introduction to "The Biography of Su Dongpo".

The Biography of Su Dongpo is a biographical work by Lin Yutang, originally written in English and first published in 1947. "The Biography of Su Dongpo" consists of 4 volumes and 28 chapters. Volume 1 deals with Su Dongpo's childhood and youth, Volume 2 deals with his prime, Volume 3 deals with his maturity, and Volume 4 deals with his exile after his murder.

Introduction to Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang is a famous writer in modern China, and his Chinese works are basically prose essays. It can be roughly divided into two phases, one for those published in journals such as "Yuxi", "Analects", and "Cosmic Wind" in the 1920s and 1940s, and the "Everything" series written in Taiwan in his later years.

Lin Yutang's main works include "Cutting and Whisking", "My Country and My People", "The Art of Life" and so on.

1, "Cutting and Whisking Collection".

The first edition was published in December 1928 and reprinted in May 1929 by Shanghai Beixin Book Company. The book is preceded by the author's "Preface to the Collection of Clippings" written on September 13, 1928. The first paragraph of the prologue, straight to the point, explains the purpose of this episode:

2. "My Country and My People".

My Country and My People", also known as "Chinese", is Mr. Lin Yutang's masterpiece, and it is also his famous work in the Western literary circle. The original book was written by the author in English. Later, the two translated the whole book into Chinese and published it by Shanghai Xuelin Publishing Slippery Press.

This complete translation of My Country and My People has added some important and controversial passages in the original work, and on the basis of maintaining the original style of the original work, it has added the translator's notes and indexes, making the whole book more complete in terms of ideas and content.

3. "The Art of Living".

The Art of Living" is one of Lin Yutang's representative works, which is Lin Yutang's first book after he worked in the United States, and it is also another successful English work after "My Country and My People".

Lin Yutang's literary characteristics:

Lin Yutang's prose is half elegant and half vulgar, also solemn and harmonious, in-depth and simple, into the reasonable, often with a detached and leisurely state of mind to observe the world, with plain words to praise the United States, so as to form a kind of solemn and harmonious, private and eloquent style of leisurely tone. His writing is natural and fluid, humorous but not absurd, and interesting. But sometimes it's too easy and a little less heavy.

Lin Yutang's style is related to his views on words. He argues: "There are two word mines in the world

One is an old mine and the other is a new mine. The old mine is in the book, and the new mine is in the language of ordinary people. Inferior artists dig from old mines, while higher artists dig materials from new mines. ”