本書是“林語堂英文作品集”叢書之一。
本次結集的“林語堂英文作品集”，除保留《吾國與吾民》、《生活的藝術》和《京華煙雲》等代表作品外，還收錄了《風聲鶴唳》、《老子的智慧》和《武則天傳》等十餘部頗具影響的原版著作。如此規模的林語堂英文作品在**出版尚屬**，包括其中幾種是**以英文原貌在**面世。此外，為了*好地介紹和呈現林語堂及其作品，我們還從臺北林語堂故居和漳州林語堂紀念館等地采集珍貴圖片(林語堂故居60餘幅，林語堂紀念館10餘幅)，如林語堂生平不同時期的獨照、與親友的合影、部分手稿和初版封面的存照等，以饗讀者。

FOREWORD
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
Ⅰ. THE CHARACTER OF CONFUCIAN IDEAS
Ⅱ. A BRIEF ESTIMATE OF THE CHARACTER OF CONFUCIUS
Ⅲ. SOURCES AND PLAN OF THE PRESENT BOOK
Ⅳ. ON THE METHOD OF TRANSLATION
Chapter Two THE LIFE OF CONFUCIUS
Ⅰ. ANCESTRY, CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
Ⅱ. BETWEEN THIRTY AND FIFTY
Ⅲ. THE PERIOD OF GREAT POWER
Ⅳ. FIVE YEARS OF WANDERINGS
Ⅴ. IN EXTREMITIES IN CH'EN AND TS'AI
Ⅵ. FURTHER YEARS OF WANDERINGS
Ⅶ. SCHOLARLY LABORS AND PERSONAL HABITS OF
Ⅶ. HIS DEATH (479 B.C.) AND POSTERITY
Chapter Three CENTRAL HARMONY
Ⅰ. THE CENTRAL HARMONY
Ⅱ. THE GOLDEN MEAN
Ⅲ. MORAL LAW EVERYWHERE
Ⅳ. THE HUMANISTIC STANDARD
Ⅴ. CERTAIN MODELS
Ⅵ. ETHICS AND POLITICS
Ⅶ. BEING ONE'STRUE SELF
Ⅶ. THOSE WHO ARE ABSOLUTE TRUE SELVES
IX. EULOGY ON CONFUCIUS
X. EPILOGUE
Chapter Four ETHICS AND POLITICS
Ⅰ. GENERAL IDEA OF THIS ESSAY
Ⅱ. ON THE MEANING OF CERTAIN EXPRESSIONSUSED IN THE ABOVE SECTION
Ⅲ. ON ACHIEVING TRUE KNOWLEDGE
Ⅳ. ON MAKING THE WILL SINCERE
Ⅴ. ON SETTING THE HEART RIGHT AND PERSONAL CULTIVATION
Ⅵ. ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIFE
Ⅶ. ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY AND NATIONAL LIFE
Ⅶ. ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL LIFE AND WORLD PEACE
Chapter Five APHORISMS OF CONFUCIUS
Ⅰ. DESCRIPTION OF CONFUCIUS BY HIMSELF AND OTHERS
Ⅱ. THE EMOTIONAL AND ARTISTIC LIFE OF CONFUCIUS
Ⅲ. THE CONVERSATIONAL STYLE
Ⅳ. THE JOHNSONIAN TOUCH
Ⅴ. WITAND WISDOM
Ⅵ. HUMANISM AND TRUE MANHOOD
Ⅶ. THE SUPERIOR MAN AND THE INFERIOR MAN
Ⅷ. THE MEAN AS THE IDEAL CHARACTER AND TYPES OF PERSONS THAT CONFUCIUS HATED
Ⅸ. GOVERNMENT
Ⅹ. ON EDUCATION, RITUAL AND POETRY
Chapter Six FIRST DISCOURSE: ON EDUCATION THROUGH THE SIX CLASSICS
Chapter Seven SECOND DISCOURSE. AN INTERVIEW WITH DUKE AI
Chapter Eight THIRD DISCOURSE. THE VISION OF A SOCIAL ORDER
Ⅰ. THE TWO ORDERS OF HUMAN SOCIETY
Ⅱ. THE EVOLUTION OFLI, OR SOCIAL ORDER
Ⅲ. LI BASED ON HUMAN NATURE
Ⅳ. LI BASED ON HEAVEN, OR NATURE
Ⅴ. THE METHOD OF CULTIVATING LI
Chapter Nine ON EDUCATION
Ⅰ. THE NEED FOR EDUCATION
Ⅱ. THE ANCIENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Ⅲ. EXTRA-CURRICULAR STUDIES
Ⅳ. THE IDEAL TEACHER
Ⅴ. THE PROCESS OF LEARNING
Chapter Ten ON MUSIC
Ⅰ. THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC
Ⅱ. A COMPARISON OF RITUALS AND MUSIC, BOTH BASED ON HARMONY WITH THE COSMIC ORDER
Ⅲ. MUSIC REVEALS MAN'S CHARACTER
Ⅳ. ON CLASSICAL AND MODERN MUSIC
Ⅴ. CONFUCIUS ON THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS OF THE INTERPRETATIVE DANCE MUSIC OF EMPEROR WU
Chapter Eleven MENCIUS
Ⅰ. THE GOODNESS OF HUMAN NATURE
Ⅱ. HOW OUR ORIGINAL NATURE IS DESTROYED
Ⅲ. THE HIGHER LIFE AND THE GREATER SELF
IMPORTANT CHARACTERS MENTIONED
THE PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE NAMES
WADE-GILES TO PINYIN CONVERSION TABLE
ENGLISH WORKS BY LIN YUTANG