TY - BOOK AU - Lin,Yutang TI - Wu guo yu wu min =: My country and my people SN - 9787561344118 AV - DS721.L735.L569 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Xi'an PB - Shanxi shi fan da xue chu ban she N1 - Translation of: My country and my people; Part one: Basics --; Chapter one: The Chinese people --; I. North and south --; II. Degeneration --; III. Infusion of new blood --; IV. Cultural stability --; V. Racial youth --; Chapter two: The Chinese character --; I. Mellowness --; II. Patience --; III. Indifference --; IV. Old roguery --; V. Pacifism --; Virgin Islands Contentment --; Virgin IslandsI. Humor --; Virgin IslandsII. Conservatism --; Chapter three: The Chinese mind --; I. Intelligence --; II. Femininity --; III. Lack of science --; IV. Logic --; V. Intuition --; Virgin Islands Imagination --; Chapter four: Ideals of life --; I. Chinese humanism --; II. Religion --; III. The doctrine of the golden mean --; IV. Taoism --; V. Buddhism; Part two: Life --; Chapter five: Woman's life --; I. The subjection of women --; II. Home and marriage --; III. Ideal of womanhood --; IV.Education of our daughters --; V. Love and courtship --; Virgin Islands The courtesan and concubinage --; Virgin IslandsI. Footbinding --; Virgin IslandsI. Emancipation --; Chapter six: Social and political life --; I. Absence of the social mind --; II. The family system --; III. Nepotism, corruption and manners --; IV. Privilege and equality --; V. Social classes --; Virgin Islands The male triad --; Virgin IslandsI. The female triad --; Virgin IslandsII. The village system --; IX. Government by gentlemen --; Chapter seven: Literary life --; I. A distinction --; II. Language and thought --; III. Scholarship --; IV. The college --; V. Prose --; Virgin Islands Literature and politics --; Virgin IslandsI. Literary revolution --; Virgin IslandsII. Poetry --; IX. Drama --; X. The novel --; XI. Influence of western literature --; Chapter eight: The artistic life --; I. The artist --; II. Chinese calligraphy --; III. Painting --; IV. Architecture --; Chapter nine: The art of living --; I. The pleasures of life --; II. House and garden --; III. Eating and drinking --; IV. The end of life; 2 ER -