从《生活的艺术》看林语堂的中国传统文化情结

On Lin Yutang's Obsession with Chinese Traditional Culture in The Importance of Living

林语堂先生才识渊博、学贯中西,作为一代国学大师,声名远播,著作等身,散文、随笔更是其中精华。他一生旅居国外长达数十年,但是作品中始终蕴藏着深厚的中国传统文化情结。他的代表作品《生活的艺术》大量引用中国古代的哲学思想、文学、礼俗及生活等方面的内容来介绍中国传统文化,表现出他在本质上对于中国传统文化的自觉认同、关怀与热爱。从细读文本的角度出发,研究和分析林语堂对待中国传统文化的态度,十分具有说服力。

Lin Yutang was well known as an erudite and versatile scholar in both Chinese and Western learning, as a master of Chinese culture, and he was a prolific writer prose and essays as the essence. All his life he lived abroad for several decades, however, his works always reveal deep obsession with Chinese traditional culture, from his magnum opus The Importance of Living, we can see large number of quotes from ancient Chinese philosophy, literature, customs and life which serve as a good introduction of Chinese traditional culture, which also show his conscious Chinese identity, his enthusiasm and love for Chinese traditional culture. In-depth reading and studying this book can provide persuasive evidence of his enthusiasm for Chinese traditional culture.