Wisdom of Confucius

Author: Lin Yutang
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The author, Lin Yutang, is from Longxi, Fujian. His original name was Hele, later changed to Yutang, and then to Yutang. In 1912, he entered Shanghai St. John's University and taught at Tsinghua University after graduation. In the autumn of 1919, he went to the United States to study at Harvard University's Department of Literature. In 1922, he obtained a master's degree in literature. The same year, he went to Germany to study at the University of Leipzig, specializing in linguistics. After receiving his doctorate in 1923, he returned to China and served as a professor at Peking University, as well as the director of the Department of English at Beijing Normal School for Women. After 1942, he became one of the main contributors to the journal "Yushi." In 1926, he became the president of the College of Arts at Xiamen University. In 1927, he served as a secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1934, he founded the journal "Renjian Shì" and, in 1935, founded "Yuzhou Feng," advocating for the "self-centered and leisurely style" of prose. After 1935, he wrote cultural works and long novels such as "My Country and My People," "Beijing Smog," and "The Sound of the Wind and the Cries of the Crane" in English while in the United States. In 1944, he once returned to China to teach in Chongqing. In 1945, he went to Singapore to establish Nanyang University and served as its president. In 1952, he founded the journal "Tian Feng" in the United States with Ren. In 1966, he settled in Taiwan. In 1967, he was appointed as a research professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1975, he was elected as the vice president of the International P.E.N. Club. In 1976, he passed away in Hong Kong.