本书是“林语堂英文作品集”丛书之一。

本次结集的“林语堂英文作品集”，除保留《吾国与吾民》、《生活的艺术》和《京华烟云》等代表作品外，还收录了《风声鹤唳》、《老子的智慧》和《武则天传》等十余部颇具影响的原版著作。如此规模的林语堂英文作品在国内出版尚属首次，包括其中几种是首次以英文原貌在国内面世。此外，为了更好地介绍和呈现林语堂及其作品，我们还从台北林语堂故居和漳州林语堂纪念馆等地采集珍贵图片(林语堂故居60余幅，林语堂纪念馆10余幅)，如林语堂生平不同时期的独照、与亲友的合影、部分手稿和初版封面的存照等，以飨读者。

FOREWORD

Chapter One INTRODUCTION

 Ⅰ. THE CHARACTER OF CONFUCIAN IDEAS

 Ⅱ. A BRIEF ESTIMATE OF THE CHARACTER OF CONFUCIUS

 Ⅲ. SOURCES AND PLAN OF THE PRESENT BOOK

 Ⅳ. ON THE METHOD OF TRANSLATION

Chapter Two THE LIFE OF CONFUCIUS

 Ⅰ. ANCESTRY, CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH

 Ⅱ. BETWEEN THIRTY AND FIFTY

 Ⅲ. THE PERIOD OF GREAT POWER

 Ⅳ. FIVE YEARS OF WANDERINGS

 Ⅴ. IN EXTREMITIES IN CH'EN AND TS'AI

 Ⅵ. FURTHER YEARS OF WANDERINGS

 Ⅶ. SCHOLARLY LABORS AND PERSONAL HABITS OF

 Ⅶ. HIS DEATH (479 B.C.) AND POSTERITY

Chapter Three CENTRAL HARMONY

 Ⅰ. THE CENTRAL HARMONY

 Ⅱ. THE GOLDEN MEAN

 Ⅲ. MORAL LAW EVERYWHERE

 Ⅳ. THE HUMANISTIC STANDARD

 Ⅴ. CERTAIN MODELS

 Ⅵ. ETHICS AND POLITICS

 Ⅶ. BEING ONE'STRUE SELF

 Ⅶ. THOSE WHO ARE ABSOLUTE TRUE SELVES

 IX. EULOGY ON CONFUCIUS

 X. EPILOGUE

Chapter Four ETHICS AND POLITICS

 Ⅰ. GENERAL IDEA OF THIS ESSAY

 Ⅱ. ON THE MEANING OF CERTAIN EXPRESSIONSUSED IN THE ABOVE SECTION

 Ⅲ. ON ACHIEVING TRUE KNOWLEDGE

 Ⅳ. ON MAKING THE WILL SINCERE

 Ⅴ. ON SETTING THE HEART RIGHT AND PERSONAL CULTIVATION

 Ⅵ. ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE

 Ⅶ. ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY AND NATIONAL LIFE

 Ⅶ. ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL LIFE AND WORLD PEACE

Chapter Five APHORISMS OF CONFUCIUS

 Ⅰ. DESCRIPTION OF CONFUCIUS BY HIMSELF AND OTHERS

 Ⅱ. THE EMOTIONAL AND ARTISTIC LIFE OF CONFUCIUS

 Ⅲ. THE CONVERSATIONAL STYLE

 Ⅳ. THE JOHNSONIAN TOUCH

 Ⅴ. WITAND WISDOM

 Ⅵ. HUMANISM AND TRUE MANHOOD

 Ⅶ. THE SUPERIOR MAN AND THE INFERIOR MAN

 Ⅷ. THE MEAN AS THE IDEAL CHARACTER AND TYPES OF PERSONS THAT CONFUCIUS HATED

 Ⅸ. GOVERNMENT

 Ⅹ. ON EDUCATION, RITUAL AND POETRY

Chapter Six FIRST DISCOURSE: ON EDUCATION THROUGH THE SIX CLASSICS

Chapter Seven SECOND DISCOURSE. AN INTERVIEW WITH DUKE AI

Chapter Eight THIRD DISCOURSE. THE VISION OF A SOCIAL ORDER

 Ⅰ. THE TWO ORDERS OF HUMAN SOCIETY

 Ⅱ. THE EVOLUTION OFLI, OR SOCIAL ORDER

 Ⅲ. LI BASED ON HUMAN NATURE

 Ⅳ. LI BASED ON HEAVEN, OR NATURE

 Ⅴ. THE METHOD OF CULTIVATING LI

Chapter Nine ON EDUCATION

 Ⅰ. THE NEED FOR EDUCATION

 Ⅱ. THE ANCIENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

 Ⅲ. EXTRA-CURRICULAR STUDIES

 Ⅳ. THE IDEAL TEACHER

 Ⅴ. THE PROCESS OF LEARNING

Chapter Ten ON MUSIC

 Ⅰ. THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC

 Ⅱ. A COMPARISON OF RITUALS AND MUSIC, BOTH BASED ON HARMONY WITH THE COSMIC ORDER

 Ⅲ. MUSIC REVEALS MAN'S CHARACTER

 Ⅳ. ON CLASSICAL AND MODERN MUSIC

 Ⅴ. CONFUCIUS ON THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS OF THE INTERPRETATIVE DANCE MUSIC OF EMPEROR WU

Chapter Eleven MENCIUS

 Ⅰ. THE GOODNESS OF HUMAN NATURE

 Ⅱ. HOW OUR ORIGINAL NATURE IS DESTROYED

 Ⅲ. THE HIGHER LIFE AND THE GREATER SELF

IMPORTANT CHARACTERS MENTIONED

THE PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE NAMES

WADE-GILES TO PINYIN CONVERSION TABLE

ENGLISH WORKS BY LIN YUTANG