Yutang Lin (1895–1976)
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Though he was never considered to be a serious original thinker or a leading writer in his native China, Lin Yu-t'ang's role as an essayist and popularizer of things Chinese in the West is worthy of attention. He was a native of Changchow in Amoy, son of a Presbyterian minister, and vis mere third-generation Christian. He was brought up in a strict household and prepared for the ministry, and after middle school he was sent to the Protestant College of Amoy. In 1911 he entered the famous St. John's University in Shanghai, and it was during his time there that he became disillusioned with the choice of a religious career and renounced Christianity. After graduation (with a rather weak academic record), Lin Yu-t'ang became a professor of English at Tsinghua University because his grounding in foreign languages was much stronger than in classical Chinese. In 1919 he decided to pursue further study in the United States, where he spent one year at Harvard University and then went on to France where he worked for the YMCA. He moved to Germany for a term, and at last in 1923 earned a Ph.D. in Leipzig in the field of archaic Chinese phonology. Lin Yu-t'ang then returned home and tried out various teaching posts, and in 1927 became secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Wuhan government. But politics was not to his liking, and he resigned in the following year. In 1932 he founded the Analects Fortnightly, a magazine of wit and satire that proved to be an instant popular success. Two years later he began another periodical, This Human World, which contained short essays. Unfortunately, his satire angered intellectuals on both the Left and the Right, and this was the beginning of his lifelong friction with Chinese literary and academic circles. In 1936, feeling hostility at home but an increased demand for his writings in the West, Lin Yu-t'ang went to New York City and remained there until 1943, when he went back home to lecture briefly and again became embroiled in controversy. However, in the United States, his essays and ideas were greeted with great enthusiasm. Early in 1954 he was appointed chancellor of the new Chinese University in Singapore, but, because of a disagreement with the trustees on policy, he and his staff left early in 1955 before the university opened its doors. Not long after this, in New York, he and his wife publicly announced their reconversion to Christianity. In addition to his many books of essays, Lin Yu-t'ang published a novel, Moment in Peking, a saga about a Chinese family spanning the years 1900--38. He also published a number of translations of classical Chinese works, the best of which is perhaps Shen Fu's Six Chapters of a Floating Life, the moving autobiographical account of a happy marriage marred by parental disapproval and the tragic early death of the wife. Lin Yu-t'ang's writings are marked by an appreciation of both Eastern and Western culture, and their sparkling, idiomatic English style has endeared him to thousands of Western readers. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Yutang Lin
Imperial Peking: Seven centuries of China; with an essay on the art of China by Peter C.Swann (1961) 16 eksemplarer
The Wisdom of Confucius [Modern Library No. 306] 6 eksemplarer
支那のユーモア 2 eksemplarer
Peking, Teil 1 und 2 2 eksemplarer
The Wisdom of Confucius [Modern Library No. 306] 2 eksemplarer
Egy múló pillanat regény 2 eksemplarer
The Wisdom of China 2 eksemplarer
Peking onder bliksemlicht: Tragedie in de tuin 2 eksemplarer
Mi patria y mi pueblo 2 eksemplarer
Upper and lower volumes of the vision of the Wise - China and the World (Lin Yutang anthology)(Chinese Edition) (2000) 2 eksemplarer
朱門 1 eksemplar
Communion of Tang with Jin Dynasties (Translated by Lin Yutang) (English and Chinese Edition) (2015) 1 eksemplar
كيف يحيا الإنسان: أهمية الحياة 1 eksemplar
Una hoja en la tormenta 1 eksemplar
La oportunidad de Eurídice 1 eksemplar
生活的藝術 1 eksemplar
京華煙雲 1 eksemplar
行素集 1 eksemplar
吾國與吾民 1 eksemplar
Imperial Peking 1 eksemplar
Un momento en Pekín 1 eksemplar
La sabiduría de Lao Tsé 1 eksemplar
武則天 1 eksemplar
生活的藝術 1 eksemplar
支那のユーモア 1 eksemplar
Lin YuTang Chinese-English Bilingual Edition: Harvest Moon on West Lake (Bilingual literature) (2009) 1 eksemplar
風聲鶴唳 1 eksemplar
紅牡丹 1 eksemplar
信仰之旅 1 eksemplar
信仰之旅 1 eksemplar
Uma Fôlha na Tempestade 1 eksemplar
China 1 eksemplar
Un genio alegre 1 eksemplar
El nombre secreto 1 eksemplar
Lin Yutang Chinese-English Bilingual Edition Selected Poems and Prose of Su Tungpo (Lin Yutang Chine (2008) 1 eksemplar
Life when the case: the latest revision of hardcover commemorative Collector's Edition!(Chinese Edition) (2014) 1 eksemplar
Peace is in the heart 1 eksemplar
Un Genio Alegre 1 eksemplar
Famous Chinese Stories 1 eksemplar
Con Lanzas por Almohada a la Espera del Alba 1 eksemplar
Memoirs Of An Octogenarian 1 eksemplar
Lin YuTang Chinese-English Bilingual Edition / Dream Shadows (Lin Yutang Chinese-English Bilingual Edition Selected,… (2008) 1 eksemplar
Fortællinger fra det gamle Kina 1 eksemplar
How I celebrated the New Year 1 eksemplar
A Brief Introduction to Setting up a Buddhist Altar — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
勵志人生 1 eksemplar
Northeast Coast fishing manual (in Chinese) 1 eksemplar
The Dog-Meat General 1 eksemplar
京華煙雲 1 eksemplar
Lai bo ying 賴伯英 1 eksemplar
Universally Responding 1 eksemplar
Su Chuan (Lin Yutang English Collections) - Lin Yutang English original writings. included many precious old… (2009) 1 eksemplar
Punainen portti 1 eksemplar
Sadhana of Bodhisattva Earth Treasure 1 eksemplar
Boundless 1 eksemplar
The First Steps of Vajrayana 1 eksemplar
CHINA HISTORIA DE LAS IDEAS Y DEL PERIODISMO 1 eksemplar
ENTRE LAGRIMAS Y RISAS 1 eksemplar
Falevél a viharban regény 1 eksemplar
Diamond Wisdom 1 eksemplar
Lin Yutang 1 eksemplar
A Sabedoria da China e da India 1 eksemplar
Momento em Pekim - 2 Volumes 1 eksemplar
Pe-king onder bliksemlicht: De dochters van Yao 1 eksemplar
Sabiduría Hidú 1 eksemplar
Sabiduría China 1 eksemplar
從異教徒到基督徒 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Water Margin: Outlaws of the Marsh: The Epic Tale of Brotherhood, Bravery and Rebellion in Imperial China (0014) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 959 eksemplarer
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 5: Community Responsibility (1969) — Bidragyder — 30 eksemplarer
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- 1895-10-10
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- 1976-03-26
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- at his home in Yangmingshan, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Banzi, China (birth)
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- St. John's University - Shanghai
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