Lin Yutang collected essays after reading the feeling

Humor master Dr. Lin Yutang studied in China and the West, when he was young, he was also keen on saving the country and saving the people, and Lu Xun was like a needle in the current politics, marching with students, and once ran the "Analects" and "The World on Earth" with people, and his humor and wisdom did not lose his innocence and enthusiasm, which was very interesting. When he was a teenager, Dr. Lin was influenced by Christianity, studied overseas in his youth, had a broad vision and a developed mind, and did not have the conservatism and old-fashioned nature of the Chinese people, was sensible and close-minded, had a sense of innovation, believed in science, believed in love, advocated the art of life, and did not lose the independence of thinking. Yu Dafu's comment on Lin Yutang was: "Sincerity and courage are the true colors of a scholar, and as for the recent indulgence and elegance and the promotion of sexual spirits, it is also the result of the times, or it can be regarded as a passive resistance and intentional willful action." ”

In this book "The Wisdom of Life Chinese", dr. Lin's sincerity and bravery can be seen, and Lin Yutang is unabashed about the wisdom and virtue of the Chinese people at that time: "Let me first talk about three bad and important virtues: patience, indispensable, old and playful", in his eyes, these qualities make Chinese lose the ability to think and act. As for the national character at that time, Lin Yutang analyzed and explained it from the viewpoint of Western studies, and his heartache was simply angry: "Although the Chinese is extremely clever, in the final analysis, it is still clever and mistaken": "The habit of lacking social discipline is the greatest fatal wound to the Chinese nation": "China is an individualistic nation, they are concerned about their respective families and do not know that there is a society, and this psychology of only caring for loyalty to the family is actually an expanded selfish psychology"... Hitting the nail on the head, it was Dr. Lin's gentleness and joy that excited generosity, and his humor and benevolence beyond his grief and misfortune, which jumped out of the paper.

Lin Yutang's love for life, in fact, has his abandonment of the great ideal of revolution after his careful consideration, whether it is the moderation of Zi Si, the love and wisdom of Mencius, or the joy of life and the art of life that he advocates, it is some of his enthusiastic ideas for the future. Trees and stones, flowers and flowers, excursions, rooms and courtyards, even eating and drinking, etc., he found in these trivial things both the characteristics of Chinese thinking and emotions, and the crisis in these aesthetic pursuits of daily life: "Such an overly hearty dish is in the false form of respecting guests... It is likely that the inefficiency of the Chinese government is directly due to the fact that all the bureaucrats and grand masters have to socialize three or four times a night."

In an era when many people could not eat or wear clothes in the war, Lin Yutang's happiness principle seemed to be somewhat out of place, however, a look at his "Thirty-Three Rules of Jin Sheng's Sighs and Pleasures" can understand Lin Yutang's bitterness: "We must re-trust this beautiful receiving organ of the 'body', and we will get rid of the psychology of contempt for feelings and fear of emotions... Only the philosophy that acknowledges real life can make us truly happy, and only this philosophy is reasonable and sound. ”

Lin Yutang is one of the few writers in the history of modern literature in China who pays attention to the happiness of the heart, when everyone is hated by the country and the family, Lin Yutang has already begun the ultimate care of humanism - a sound sense of life, Lin Yutang's sense of responsibility and mission is profound and happy, like a wise man, not because of its profoundness and lose the gentle and soft voice and vivid and kind expression. He attributes the existential purpose of art, poetry, and religion to assist us in restoring a fresh sense of sensitivity: "What a pitiful world this world would be if we had knowledge in the world that we could not understand, if we had criticism and could not appreciate, if we had beauty without love, with truth without enthusiasm, with justice and lack of compassion, with politeness and no warmth." In contrast to the various social phenomena that have always existed, the beauty of being blunt and emotionless, and the various social phenomena that do not hesitate to be fierce for the sake of justice, formalism in the name of politeness and lack of inherent respect, Lin Yutang's vision is so lofty and broad!

The happiness and ease brought by humor made Lin Yutang seem innocent and detached in that cramped era, seemingly out of place, in fact, he was not only full of long-term insights into life and life, but also good at discovering the paradise of the world, but also strict and kind and wise and not lacking in playful and relaxed style, but also made the daily life in difficulty happy and free, without terror, away from upside-down dreams, and had expectations and courage for life and the future, which is the law of the world.