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Yutang was born to a presbyterian pastor, lin zhicheng and his wife yang shunming in a small town of banzai, pinghe, zhangzho. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. My country and my people by lin, yutang and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. For every good book is worth the readers while when there is a real communion of the spirit, and this is possible only when he feels he is being taken into the authors confidence and the author is willing to reveal to him the innermost searchings of his heart and talk, as it were, in an. My country and my people ebook written by lin yutang.
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Author of my country and my people, the importance of living, famous chinese short stories, moment in peking, between tears and laughter, from pagan to christian, the red peony, the vigil of a nation lin, yutang open library. The more we justify our beliefs, the more narrowminded we become. My country and my people by yutang lin and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Lin yutang 18951976 was one of the most influential chinese writers of the 20th century. This classic gives a unique and sweeping insight into life in china, and in particular the differences between china and the west. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. October 10, 1895 march 26, 1976 was a chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator.
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Publication date 1936 topics china social conditions, national characteristics, chinese, china civilization, china, manners and customs, social conditions. First published in 1946, my country school diary by julia weber. My country and my people 4 download ebook pdf, epub. Lin yutang, prolific writer of a wide variety of works in chinese and english. It is this historical perspective that shall save us. My country and my people by lin yutang illustrated william heine mann ltd. Search for the book my people my country download ebook.
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