生活的艺术

章节摘录

　　One should listen to the sounds of birds in spring, to the sounds of cicadas in summer, to the sounds of insects in autumn and Ihe sounds of snowfall in winter; he should listen to the sounds of playing chess in the daytime, the Sounds of flute under the moonlight, the sounds of pine trees in the mountains, and the sounds of ripples on the waterside. Then he shall not have lived in vain. But when a young loafer starts a racket in the street or when ones wife is scolding, one might just as well be deaf.　　It is absolutely necessary that flowers should have butterflies, hills should have springs, rocks should have moss, water should have water-cress, tall trees should have entwining creepers, and human beings should have hobbies.　　One should enjoy flowers in the company of beauties, get drunk under the moon in the company of charming friends, and enjoy the light of snow in the company of highminded scholars.　　Planting flowers serves to invite butterflies, piling up rocks serves to invite the clouds, planting pine trees serves to invite the wiad, keeping a reservoir of water serves to invite duckweed, building a terrace serves to invite the moon, planting banana trees serves to invite the rain, and planting willow trees serves to invite the cicada.　　One always gets a different feeling when looking at hills from the top of a tower, looking at snow from a city wall, looking at the moon in the tamp-light, looking at colored clouds in a boat,and looking at beautiful women in the room.　　Rocks lying near a plum tree should look "antique," those beneath a pine tree should look "stupid," those by the side of bamboo trees should look "slender," and those inside a flower basin should be exquisite.　　Blue waters come from green hills, for the water borrows its color from the hills; good poems come from flavory wine, for poetry begs its inspiration from the wine.

内容概要

　　林语堂（1895.10.3～1976.3.26），福建龙溪人。原名和乐，后玉堂，又改语堂。1912年入上海圣约翰大学，毕业后在清华大学任教。1919年秋赴美哈佛大学文学系。1921年获文学硕士学位，同年转赴德国入莱比锡大学，专攻语言学。1923年获博士学位后回国，任北京大学教授、北京女子师范大学教务长和英文系主任。1924年后为《语丝》主要撰稿人之一。1926年到厦门大学任文学院长。1927年任外交部秘书。　　　　1932年主《论语》半月刊。1934年创办《人世间》，1935年创办《宇宙风》，提倡“以自我为中心，以闲适为格调”的小品文。1935年后，在美国用英文写《吾国与吾民》、《生活的艺术》、《京华烟云》、《风声鹤唳》等文化著作和长篇小说。1944年曾一度回国到重庆讲学。1945年赴新加坡筹建南洋大学，任校长。1952年在美国与人创办《天风》杂志。1966年定居台湾。　　　1975受聘为香港中文大学研究教授。1975年被推举为国际笔会副会长。1976年在香港逝世。

书籍目录

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter One THE AWAKENING

I. APPROACH TO LIFE

II. A PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC FORMULA

III. THE SCAMP AS IDEAL

Chapter Two VIEWS OF MANKING

I. CHRISTIAN, GREEK AND CHINESE

II. EARTHBOUND

III. A BIOLOGICAL VIEW

IV. HUMAN LIFE A POEM

Chapter Three OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE

I. THE MONKEY EPIC

II. IN THE IMAGE OF THE MONKEY

III. ON BEING MORTAL

IV. ON HAVING A STOMACH

V. ON HAVING STRONG MUSCLES

VI. ON HAVING A MIND

Chapter Four ON BEING HUMAN

I. ON HUMAN DIGNITY

II. ON PLAYFUL CURIOSITY:THE RISE OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION

III. ON DREAMS

IV. ON HTE SENSE OF HUMOR

V. ON BEING WAYARD AND INCALCULABLE

VI. THE DOCTRINE OF THE INDIVIDUAL

Chapter Five WHO CAN BEST ENJOY LIFE?

I. FIND THYSELF:CHUANGTSE

II. PASSION,WISDOM AND COURAGE:MENCIUS

III. CYNICISM,FOLLY AND CAMOUFLAGE:LAOTSE

IV. "PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE: T'AO YUANMING

V. A LOVER OF LIFE: T'AO YUANMING

Chapter Six THE FEAST OF LIFE

I. THE PROBLEM OF HAPPINESS

II. HUMAN HAPPINESS IS SENSUOUS

III. CHIN'S THIRTY-THREE HAPPY MOMENTS

IV. MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF MATERIALISM

V. HOW ABOUT MENTAL PLEASURES?

Chapter Seven THE IMPORTANCE OF LOAFING

I. MAN THE ONLY WORKING ANIMAL

II. THE CHINESE THEORY OF LEISURE

III. THE CULT OF THE IDLE LIFE

IV. THIS EARTH THE ONLY HEAVENONLY HEAVEN…………

V. WHAT IS LUCK?

VI. THREE AMERICAN VICES

Chapter Eight THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HOME

I. ON GETTING BIOLOGICAL

II. CELIBACY A FREAK OF CIVILIZATION

III. ON DEX APPEAL

IV. THE CINESE FAMILY IDEAL

V. ON GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY

Chapter Nine THE ENJOYMENT OF LIVING

I. ON LYING IN BED

II. ON SITTING IN CHAIRS

III. ON CONVERSATION

IV. ON TEA AND FRIENDSHIP

V. ON SMOKE AND INCENSE

VI. ON DRINK AND WINE GAMES

VII. ON FOOD AND MEDICINE

VIII. SOME CURIOUS WESTERN CUSTOMS

IX. THE INHUMANITY OF WESTERN DRESS

X. ON HOUSE AND INTERIORS

X. ON HOUSE AND INTERIORS

Chapter Ten THE ENJOYMENT OF NATURE

I. PARADISE LOST?

II. ON BIGNESS

III. TWO CHINESE LADIES

a. CH'IUFU

b. YUN

IV. ON ROCKS AND TREES

V. ON FLOWERS AND FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS

VI. THE "VASE FLOWERS" OF WAN CHUNGLANG

VII. THE EPIGRAMS OF CHANG CH'AO

Chapter Eleven THE ENJOYMENT OF TRAVEL

I. ON GOING ABOUT AND SEEING THINGS

II. "THE TRAVELS OF MINGLIAOTSE"

a. THE REASON FOR THE FLIGHT

b. THE WAY OF TRAVELING

c. AT AUSTERE HEIGHTS

d. BACK TO HUMANITY

e. PHILOSOPHY OF THE FLIGHT

Chapter Twelve THE ENJOYMENT OF CULTURE

I. GOOD TASTE IN KNOWLEDGE

II. ART AS PLAY AND PERSONALITY

III. THE ART OF READING

IV. THE ART OF WRITING

Chapter Thirteen RELATIONSHIP TO GOD

I. THE RESTORATION OF RELIGION

II. WHY I AN A PAGAN

Chapter Fourteen THE ART OF THINKING

I. THE NEED OF HUMANIZED THINKING

II. THE RETURN TO COMMON SENSE

III. BE REASONABLE

编辑推荐

　　林语堂擅长对外国人讲中国文化。《生活的艺术》介绍中国人生活方式的书出版后，一位西方书评家说：我真想跑到唐人街，遇见一个中国人，便向他行个鞠躬礼。本书用英文写成，如果你可以，最好也读读这个原汁原味的英文版。

作者简介

林语堂先生在该书中将旷怀达观，陶情遣兴的中国人的生活方式，和浪漫高雅的东方情调予以充分的传达，向西方人娓娓道出了一个可供仿效的“生活最高典型”的模式，以致有书评家（Peter Precott）称：“读完这书后，我真想跑到唐人街，一遇见中国人，便向他行个鞠躬礼。”应该承认，本书无论从内容上还是语言上来说，都是我国英语爱好者难得的一本读物。

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