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Moment in Peking 英文13级2班 王怡 1301010226 About the Author Background and Writing Purpose Main Ideas Plot Summary Some Interesting Translations My Feelings Outline Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) a Chinese writer, translater, linguist and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. About Author Lin Yutang The novel covers the turbulent events in China??from 1900 to 1938, including the?Boxer Uprising(义和团运动), the?Republican Revolution of 1911, the?Warlord Era(军阀割据时期）, the rise of nationalism and communism, and the start of the?Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945. Lin wrote the book in English for a U.S. audience in order to let foreigners know China. To some extent, he attempted to bridge the culture gap between the East and the West. Background and Writing Purpose It?is?divided?into?three?parts:?The?Daughter?of?a?Taoist，?Tragedy?in?the?Garden,?The?Song?of? Autumn.? It mainly deals with three rich and powerful families in Peking, the Yao, Tseng, New, their prosperity and downfall. Main Idea “It is merely a story of how men and women in the contemporary era grow up and learn to live with one another, how they love and hate and quarrel and forgive and suffer and enjoy, how certain habits of living and ways of thinking are formed, and how, above all, they adjust themselves to the circumstances in this earthly life where men strive but the gods rule.” ——Lin Yutang Plot Summary When Mulan was a little girl When Mulan was all grown up When they all have children except Suyun As they became older, a new generation grown up To throw a stone at a man after he has fallen into the wall 落井下石 No law and no heaven无法无天 Red check, harsh fate 红颜薄命 Since Heaven create a Red