Lin Yutang(1895-1976)was born to a mission family and became one of the best-known Chinese scholars and writers, translating numerous ancient texts for a western audience. He was a linguist and philosopher, and his translations are world renowned.
'A richly, enjoyably wise and suggestive book' New York
Times
'Dr Lin has performed the inestimable service of distilling the
philosophy of generations of Chinese sages and presenting it
against a modern background, which makes it easily readable and
understandable' Saturday Review of Literature
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