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 THE SPIRIT OF OLD PEKING
Chapter Two THE SEASONS
Chapter Three THE CITY
Chapter Four ANCIENT GLORY
Chapter Five WARLORDS, DOWAGERS AND CONCUBINES
Chapter Six THE PALACES AND PLEASANCES
Chapter Seven STUDIES IN FORM Temples, Pagodas and the Plastic Arts
Chapter Eight STUDIES IN LINE Painting and Calligraphy
Chapter Nine LIFE OF THE PEOPLE
Chapter Ten BELIEFS AND FANCIES
Chapter Eleven THE ART OF PEKING Essay by Peter C. Swann
Appendix RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF PEKING
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
WADE-GILES TO PINYIN CONVERSION TABLE
ENGLISH WORKS BY LIN YUTANG