Harvest Moon on West Lake: Selected Essays on Life Philosophy of the Chinese

The Book collects selected classic essays written by some famous Chinese scholars in history, these essays covers the topics of Human Life, Love and Death, Seasons, Nature, Human Adjustments, Home and Daily Living, Literature, After Tea and Wine, Ancient Wit, Wisdom, they interpret the life philosophy of the Chinese. The table of Contents: Human Life 1. Friendly Chats --- Preface to the Novel “All Men are Brothers”/ Jin Shengtan 2. The Universe a Lodging House (Excerpt) –From A NIGHT FEAST / Li Bai 3. The Butterfly’s Dream / Zhuang Zi Love and Death 1. In Memory of a Child ---Sacrificial Prayer to Ah Chen /Shen Junlie 2. Lin Daiyu’s Elegy on Flowers / Cao Xueqin The Seasons Harvest Moon on West Lake / Zhang Dai Nature The Stone Bell Mountain / Su Dongpo Human Adjustments The Half –and – Half Song / Li Mi’an The Home And Daily Living The Arts of Sleeping, Walking, Sitting, and Standing / Li Liweng Literature On the Art of Writing / Su Dongpo After Tea And Wine Tales with Morals / Jiang Jinzhi Ancient Wit 1. The Old Man at the Fort / Liu An 2. Something To Weep About / Mencius 3. The Blind Man’s Ideal of the Sun / Su Dongpo Wisdom 1. Against Wars of Aggression / Motse 2. Farmers Are Best --- Fourth Letter to Brother Mo from Fan Hsien (Excerpt) / Zheng Banqiao The English translator of the above essays is Lin Yutang (1895-1976), a famous writer and linguist in China’s modern history, a master of Comparative Literature of Harvard, Doctor of linguistics of University of Leipzig, once acted as the Dean of English Language Department of Peking University and UNESCO Art & Literature Chairman, he selected and translated these essays, then published them as a book.