Lin Yutang "The good traveler is he who is ignorant about his destination. The perfect traveler is ignorant of his point of origin." Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer and philologist, born in Changzhou, and educated at Saint John's University in Shanghai, Harvard University, and the University of Leipzig. From 1923 to 1926 he taught English philology at the University of Beijing. He subsequently devised a Chinese indexing system and helped formulate the official plan for romanizing the Chinese language. After 1928 he lived mainly in the U.S. His many works represent an attempt to bridge the cultural gap between East and West. The first two books, My Country and My People (1935) and The Importance of Living (1937), written in English in a charming and witty style, brought him international fame. Others include Between Tears and Laughter (1943), The Chinese Theory of Art (1967), and the novels Moment in Beijing (1939) and The Vermillion Gate (1953). CHUANGTSE (Chuang Tzu) Translated by Lin Yutang Tao and the Divine Simplicity of God

JUN'S CHOICE First published in 1937, this classic guide to life shares the author's witty and irreverent philosophy of living life to the fullest, in a guide that prescribes inaction as much as action, a dose of humor, and a thorough enjoyment of one's existence. Higly recommended. [Order from Amazon]