林语堂1895年出生于福建一个基督教家庭。原名和乐,后改玉堂,又改语堂;笔名毛驴、宰予等。他早年留学国外,回国后在北京大学等大学任教,1966年定居台湾,一生著述颇丰。林语堂是第一位以英文书写扬名海外的中国作家,也是集语言学家、哲学家、文学家于一身的著名学者。他谈吐风趣,语锋甚健,令人莞尔,有时也会让人难堪。 Lin Yutang was born in 1895 in Fujian, a Christian family. Formerly known as and music, after the reform Yutang, but also the language hall; pen name donkey, slaughter and so on. He studied abroad early in his career. After returning to China, he taught at Peking University and other universities. In 1966, he settled in Taiwan and wrote many literary works in his life. Lin Yutang was the first Chinese writer to well-known in English and a famous scholar in linguistics, philosopher and writer. He talked funny, language front very healthy, it is smiling, and sometimes embarrassing.