by Lin Yutang · Edhasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435015448
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«La importancia de vivir» is the philosophy essay by Lin Yutang, published by Edhasa in paperback (669 pages, in Spanish).
Lin Yutang explains to the Western reader the keys to Chinese culture and its way of understanding existence. Throughout these pages he reflects on leisure, happiness, nature, travel, culture and religion, alternating theoretical knowledge with personal experience in a manual of practical wisdom for knowing oneself and living fully.
Work originally published in 1937. Translation by Román A. Jiménez. Number 44 of the Pocket Edhasa collection.
Recommended for readers interested in Eastern philosophy and in a serene and enjoyable reflection on the art of living.
Lin Yutang was a Chinese writer, linguist, and inventor. A prolific bilingual writer in both Chinese and English, he was celebrated for pioneering a humorous prose style in modern Chinese literature and for serving as a cultural bridge between China and the West, most notably through My Country and My People (1935) and his English translations of Chinese classics. As a linguist, he compiled a series of ESL textbooks for Chinese learners in the 1930s and later produced an English–Chinese dictionary in the 1970s. As an inventor, he designed a Chinese typewriter, which was patented in the United States in 1952, though it was never mass-produced. From 1940 to 1973, Lin received six nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
