Selected Prose Poems of Lin Yutang

Author: Lin Yutang
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Lin Yutang's prose, with its unique artistic style, has left footprints on the shifting sands of time. His political thought is controversial in many aspects, and his art is not without flaws. However, if one takes a comprehensive view of the various styles and schools of modern Chinese prose, Lin Yutang's prose was representative of its time. Moreover, if one discards the dross, Lin Yutang's prose remains an artistic treasure worth exploring and learning from in the May Fourth literature. Lin Yutang was a prose writer with distinct characteristics in the history of modern Chinese literature, as well as a complex and controversial thinker. Lin Yutang's prose is characterized by the coexistence of essence and dross in its content. Apart from its obvious political and ideological errors, some of his thoughts and ideas, such as the advocacy of bourgeois freedom and democracy, humanitarianism, and self-centered bourgeois individualism, held progressive significance against feudalism at the time. Today, especially in light of Lin Yutang's later changes, one can see both the historical limitations of his time and his reactionary class essence. This book includes a total of 60 of the author's major prose works. Lin Yutang's prose is humorous and leisurely, revealing depth amidst simplicity, and stands out in modern prose. The editor provides an objective discussion of Lin Yutang's life and works in the preface, which can serve as a reference for readers.