试论林语堂“国民性”探讨的特点及意义

On Features and Meaning of Lin Yutang's Study on "National Character"

近现代以来,一些文化先驱开始思考中国的前途与命运,剖析中国落后之根源,其中,"国民性"成为讨论的一个热点和关键。讨论中,林语堂先生的看法颇有独到之处。探讨林语堂对"国民性"认识的特点也有一定的现实意义。

In modern Chinese, some cultural pioneers began to consider the future and the destiny of China and to analyze the reason of backwardness, and ＂national character＂ became a hot spot and a key of the discussion. Among them, Lin Yutang had a distinctive viewpoint. And to discuss the features of his understanding will be of practical significance .