The importance of living = Sheng huo de yi shu / Lin Yutang zhu.

Chapter one: The awakening -- I Approach to life -- II. A pseudo-scientific formula -- III. The scamp as ideal -- Chapter two: Views of mankind -- I. Christian, Greek and Chinese -- II. Earth-bound -- 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 -- Virgin Islands 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 the sense of humour -- V. On being wayward and incalculable -- Virgin Islands 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 half and half: Tsesse -- V. A lover of life: Tao 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 heaven -- V. What is luck -- Virgin Islands Three American vices -- Chapter eight: The enjoyment of the home -- I. On getting biological -- II. Celibacy a freak of civilization -- III. On sex appeal -- IV. The Chinese 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 conversations -- IV. On tea and friendship -- V. On smoke and incense -- Virgin Islands On drink and wine games -- Virgin IslandsI. On food and medicine -- Virgin IslandsII. Some curious western customs -- IX. The inhumanity of western dress -- X. On house and interiors -- Chapter ten: The enjoyment of nature - I. Paradise lost -- II. On bigness -- III. Two Chinese ladies -- IV. On rocks and trees -- V. On flowers and flower arrangements -- Virgin Islands The vase flowers of Yuan Chunglang -- Virgin IslandsI. The epigrams of chang chao -- Chapter eleven: The enjoyment of travel -- I. On going about and seeing things -- II. The travels of Mingliaotse -- Chapter twelve: The enjoyment of culture -- I. Good taste in knowledge -- II. Art of 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 am a pagan -- Chapter fourteen: The art of thinking -- I. The need to humanize thinking -- II. The return to common sense -- III. Be reasonable.

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