林语堂的作品如同他的一生，孜孜地向世界解说中国，向祖国表达赤忱。

作为用英语创作的一位中国作家，他向西方介绍中国文化的系列作品影响深远，被视作阐述东方思想的重要著述。

此次结集的“林语堂英文作品集”，除保留外研社曾出版的《吾国与吾民》、《生活的艺术》、《浮生六记》和《京华烟云》等代表作品外，还收录了《风声鹤唳》、《老子的智慧》和《武则天传》等十余部颇具影响的原版著作。

如此规模的林语堂英文作品在国内出版尚属首次，包括其中几种是首次以英文原貌在国内面世，极富收藏价值。此外，为了更好地介绍和呈现林语堂及其作品，还从台北林语堂故居和漳州林语堂纪念馆等地采集珍贵图片，如林语堂生平不同时期的独照、与亲友的合影、部分手稿和初版封面的存照等，以飨读者。

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTON

CHINESE MYSTICISM

 Laotse, the Book of Tao

Introduction

The Principles of Tao

The Application of Tao

 Chuangtse, Mystic and Humorist

Introduction

A Happy Excursion

On Leveling All Things

The Preservation of Life

This Human World

Deformities, or Evidences of a Full Character

The Great Supreme

Joined Toes

Horses' Hoofs

Opening Trunks, or a Protest Against Civilization

On Tolerance

Autumn Floods

CHINESE DEMOCRACY

 The Book of History, Documents of Chinese Democracy

Introduction

The Canon of Yao

The Counsels of the Great Yu

The Counsels of Kao-Yao

The Songs of the Five Sons

The Announcement of Tang

T'ai Chia

The Common Possession of Pure Virtue

The Charge to Yueh

The Great Declaration

The Metal-Bound Coffer

The Announcement of the Duke of Shao

The Speech of (the Marquis of) Ch'in

 Mencius, the Democratic Philosopher

Introduction

Mencius, the Democratic Philosopher

 Motse, The Religious Teacher

Introduction

On the Necessity of Standards

On the Importance of a Common Standard (Ⅲ)

Universal Love (Ⅱ)

Universal Love (Ⅲ)

Condemnation of Offensive War (Ⅰ)

Condemnation of Offensive War (Ⅱ)

Condemnation of Offensive War (Ⅲ)

The Will of Heaven (Ⅰ)

The Will of Heaven (Ⅱ)

The Will of Heaven (Ⅲ)

Anti-Confucianism (Ⅱ)

Keng Chu

 The Aphorisms of Confucius

Introduction

Description of Confucius by Himself and Others

The Emotional and Artistic Life of Confucius

The Conversational Style

The Johnsonian Touch

Wit and Wisdom

Humanism and True Manhood

The Superior Man and the Inferior Man

The Mean as the Ideal Character and Types of Persons that Confucius Hated

Government

On Education, Ritual and Poetry

 The Golden Mean of Tsesze

Introduction

The Central Harmony

The Golden Mean

Moral Law Everywhere

The Humanistic Standard

Certain Models

Ethics and Politics

Being One's True Self

Those Who Are Absolute True Selves

Eulogy on Confucius

Epilogue

CHINESE POETRY

 Introduction

 Some Great Ancient Lyrics

 Ch'u Yuan

 Li Po

 The Tale of Meng Chiang

 The Mortal Thoughts of a Nun

SKETCHES OF CHINESE LIFE

 Chinese Tales

Introduction

The Judgment Between Two Mothers

The Judgment on a Dispute

The Chinese Cinderella

The Tale of Ch'ienniang

The Man Who Sold Ghosts

It's Wonderful to Be Drunk

It's Good to Be Headless

The Brothers' Search for Their Father

The Private History of Queen Feiyen

 Six Chapters of a Floating Life

Introduction

Wedded Bliss

The Little Pleasures of Life

Sorrow

The Joys of Travel

Experience (missing)

The Way of Life (missing)

CHINESE WIT AND WISDOM

 Parables of Ancient Philosophers

Introduction

The Man Who Spurned the Machine

Do-Nothing Say-Nothing

The Concealed Deer

The Man Who Forgot

Chi Liang's Physicians

Honest Shangch'iu K'ai

The Man Who Worried About Heaven

The Old Man Who Would Move Mountains

Confucius and the Children

The Man Who Saw Only Gold

Looks Like a Thief

Measurements for Shoes

King Huan Lost His Hat

How the Tongue Survived the Teeth

The Owl and the Quail

The Tiger and the Fox

The Crane and the Clam

The Blind Man's Idea of the Sun

 Family Letters of a Chinese Poet

Introduction

Family Letters of a Chinese Poet

 The Epigrams of Lusin

Introduction

The Epigrams of Lusin

 One Hundred Proverbs

Introduction

One Hundred Proverbs

THE PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE NAMES

WADE-GILES TO PINYIN CONVERSION TABLE

ENGLISH WORKS BY LIN YUTANG