生活的藝術

作者:林語堂

出版社：外語教學與研究出版社

原作名:the importance of living

譯者:yu jing

出版年:1998-10

頁數:430

定價:16.90

裝幀：平裝

ISBN:9787560014210

林語堂先生在該書中將曠懷達觀，陶情遣興的中國人的生活方式，和浪漫高雅的東方情調予以充分的傳達，向西方人娓娓道出了一個可供仿效的“生活最高典型”的模式，以致有書評家（Peter Precott）稱：“讀完這書後，我真想跑到唐人街，一遇見中國人，便向他行個鞠躬禮。”應該承認，本書無論從內容上還是語言上來說，都是我國英語愛好者難得的一本讀物。

林語堂(1895-1976)福建龍溪人。原名和樂，后改玉堂，又改語堂。1912年入上海聖約翰大學，畢業后在清華大學任教。1919年秋赴美哈佛大學文學系。1922年獲文學碩士學位。同年轉赴德國入萊比錫大學，專攻語言學。1923年獲博士學位后回國，任北京大學教授、北京女子師範大學教務長和英文系主任。1924年後為《語絲》主要撰稿人之一。1926年到廈門大學任文學院長。1927年任外交部秘書。1932年主編《論語》半月刊。1934年創辦《人間世》，1935年創辦《宇宙風》，提倡“以自我為中心，以閑適為格凋”的小品文。1935年後，在美國用英文寫《吾國與吾民》、《京華煙雲》、《風聲鶴唳》等文化著作和長篇小說。1944年曾一度回國到重慶講學。1945年赴新加坡籌建南洋大學，任校長。1952 年在美國與人創辦《天風》雜誌。1966年定居台灣。1967年受聘為香港中文大學研究教授。1975年被推舉為國際筆會副會長。1976年在香港逝世。

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter One THE AWAKENING

I. APPROACH TO LIFE

II. A PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC FORMULA

III. THE SCAMP AS IDEAL

Chapter Two VIEWS OF MANKING

I. CHRISTIAN, GREEK AND CHINESE

II. EARTHBOUND

III. A BIOLOGICAL VIEW

IV. HUMAN LIFE A POEM

Chapter Three OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE

I. THE MONKEY EPIC

II. IN THE IMAGE OF THE MONKEY

III. ON BEING MORTAL

IV. ON HAVING A STOMACH

V. ON HAVING STRONG MUSCLES

VI. ON HAVING A MIND

Chapter Four ON BEING HUMAN

I. ON HUMAN DIGNITY

II. ON PLAYFUL CURIOSITY:THE RISE OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION

III. ON DREAMS

IV. ON HTE SENSE OF HUMOR

V. ON BEING WAYARD AND INCALCULABLE

VI. THE DOCTRINE OF THE INDIVIDUAL

Chapter Five WHO CAN BEST ENJOY LIFE?

I. FIND THYSELF:CHUANGTSE

II. PASSION,WISDOM AND COURAGE:MENCIUS

III. CYNICISM,FOLLY AND CAMOUFLAGE:LAOTSE

IV. "PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE: T'AO YUANMING

V. A LOVER OF LIFE: T'AO YUANMING

Chapter Six THE FEAST OF LIFE

I. THE PROBLEM OF HAPPINESS

II. HUMAN HAPPINESS IS SENSUOUS

III. CHIN'S THIRTY-THREE HAPPY MOMENTS

IV. MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF MATERIALISM

V. HOW ABOUT MENTAL PLEASURES?

Chapter Seven THE IMPORTANCE OF LOAFING

I. MAN THE ONLY WORKING ANIMAL

II. THE CHINESE THEORY OF LEISURE

III. THE CULT OF THE IDLE LIFE

IV. THIS EARTH THE ONLY HEAVENONLY HEAVEN…………

V. WHAT IS LUCK?

VI. THREE AMERICAN VICES

Chapter Eight THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HOME

I. ON GETTING BIOLOGICAL

II. CELIBACY A FREAK OF CIVILIZATION

III. ON DEX APPEAL

IV. THE CINESE FAMILY IDEAL

V. ON GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY

Chapter Nine THE ENJOYMENT OF LIVING

I. ON LYING IN BED

II. ON SITTING IN CHAIRS

III. ON CONVERSATION

IV. ON TEA AND FRIENDSHIP

V. ON SMOKE AND INCENSE

VI. ON DRINK AND WINE GAMES

VII. ON FOOD AND MEDICINE

VIII. SOME CURIOUS WESTERN CUSTOMS

IX. THE INHUMANITY OF WESTERN DRESS

X. ON HOUSE AND INTERIORS

X. ON HOUSE AND INTERIORS

Chapter Ten THE ENJOYMENT OF NATURE

I. PARADISE LOST?

II. ON BIGNESS

III. TWO CHINESE LADIES

a. CH'IUFU

b. YUN

IV. ON ROCKS AND TREES

V. ON FLOWERS AND FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS

VI. THE "VASE FLOWERS" OF WAN CHUNGLANG

VII. THE EPIGRAMS OF CHANG CH'AO

Chapter Eleven THE ENJOYMENT OF TRAVEL

I. ON GOING ABOUT AND SEEING THINGS

II. "THE TRAVELS OF MINGLIAOTSE"

a. THE REASON FOR THE FLIGHT

b. THE WAY OF TRAVELING

c. AT AUSTERE HEIGHTS

d. BACK TO HUMANITY

e. PHILOSOPHY OF THE FLIGHT

Chapter Twelve THE ENJOYMENT OF CULTURE

I. GOOD TASTE IN KNOWLEDGE

II. ART AS PLAY AND PERSONALITY

III. THE ART OF READING

IV. THE ART OF WRITING

Chapter Thirteen RELATIONSHIP TO GOD

I. THE RESTORATION OF RELIGION

II. WHY I AN A PAGAN

Chapter Fourteen THE ART OF THINKING

I. THE NEED OF HUMANIZED THINKING

II. THE RETURN TO COMMON SENSE

III. BE REASONABLE