美国的智慧
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林语堂
Übersicht
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。
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FOREWORDPREFACE ON A SUNDAY MORNINGChapter One THE WISDOM OF LMNG Ⅰ. THE SCOPE OF WISDOM Ⅱ. THE PHILOSOPHERS' BLINDMAN'S BUFF Ⅲ. THE AMERICAN SENSE OF FACT Ⅳ. THE DEMAND FOR FAITHChapter Two COUNSEL FOR LIVING Ⅰ. ALL IS RIDDLE Ⅱ. HEED THY PRIVATE DREAM Ⅲ. WHO IS THE DREAMER? Ⅳ. WHEN LAUGHTER IS WISER THAN TEARSChapter 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 IMMORTALITYChapter Five MAN AS SENTIMENT Ⅰ. INADEQUACY OF THE MATERIALISTIC VIEW Ⅱ. THE STUFF OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE Ⅲ. THE RIGHT TO ROMANCE Ⅳ. WHEN THE PRACTICAL MAN BECOMES A IX)VER Ⅴ. THE SOUL'S VITAL RAPTURESChapter Six NEW ENGLAND INTERLUDEChapter 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 LIFEChapter Eight LIBERTY Ⅰ. WHY LIBERTY? Ⅱ. "DEMOCRACY" VERSUS "DEMOCRATSKY" Ⅲ. THE COMMON MAN Ⅳ. THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL Ⅴ. JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACYChapter 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 SOPHISTICATEDChapter Ten THE ARTS OF LIVING Ⅰ. THE ART OF DOING NOTHING Ⅱ. FRIENDSHIP AND CONVERSATION Ⅲ. FOOD AND WINE Ⅳ. TEA AND TABACCO Ⅴ. HOBBIESChapter 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 REVELRYChapter 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 INQUIRYChapter Thirteen LOVE Ⅰ. MARRIAGE Ⅱ. GREAT MEN IN TROUBLE: FRANKLIN Ⅲ. JEFFERSON IN TROUBLE Ⅳ. LINCOLN IN TROUBLE Ⅴ. SEX AND MODESTY Ⅵ. WHITMAN'S SEX DEMOCRACYChapter Fourteen LAUGHTER Ⅰ. HUMOR Ⅱ. SATIREChapter Fifteen WAR AND PEACE Ⅰ. WORLD GOVERNMENT Ⅱ. WOODROW WILSON Ⅲ. WAR AND PEACEChapter Sixteen THE SUMMING UP Ⅰ. TO EVERY MAN ttlS O\VN PHILOSOPHY Ⅱ. JUSTICE HOLMES'S CREDO Ⅲ. EINSTEIN'S INTIMATE CREDO Ⅳ. A TOAST TO MODERATIONWADE-GILES TO PINYIN CONVERSION TABLEENGLISH WORKS BY LIN YUTANG
