TY - BOOK AU - Lin,Yutang TI - The importance of living =: Sheng huo de yi shu T2 - Lin Yutang ying wen zuo pin ji = SN - 9787560081397 AV - BD431 .I476 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Beijing PB - Wai yu jiao xue yu yan jiu chu ban she KW - Life N1 - 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; 2 ER -