林語堂的作品如同他的一生，孜孜地向世界解說中國，向祖國表達赤忱。
作為用英語創作的一位中國作家，他向西方介紹中國文化的繫列作品影響深遠，被視作闡述東方思想的重要著述。
此次結集的“林語堂英文作品集”，除保留外研社曾出版的《吾國與吾民》、《生活的藝術》、《浮生六記》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，極富收藏價值。此外，為了*好地介紹和呈現林語堂及其作品，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，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
PREFACE
BOOK ONE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH (1036-1061)
Chapter One Literary Patriotic Duke
Chapter Two Meishan
Chapter Three Childhood and Youth
Chapter Four The Examinations
Chapter Five Father and Sons
BOOK TWO EARLY MANHOOD (1062-1079)
Chapter Six Gods, Devils, and Men
Chapter Seven Experiment in State Capitalism
Chapter Eight The Bull-headed Premier
Chapter Nine The Evil That Men Do
Chapter Ten The Two Brothers
Chapter Eleven Poets, Courtesans, and Monks
Chapter Twelve Poetry of Protest
Chapter Thirteen The Yellow Tower
Chapter Fourteen Arrest and Trial
BOOK THREE MATURITY (1080-1093)
Chapter Fifteen Farmer of the Eastern Slope
Chapter Sixteen Poet of the Red Cliff
Chapter Seventeen Yoga and Alchemy
Chapter Eighteen Years of Wanderings
Chapter Nineteen Empress's Favorite
Chapter Twenty The Art of Painting
Chapter Twenty-one The Art of Getting Out of Power
Chapter Twenty-two Engineering and Famine Relief
Chapter Twenty-three Friend of the People
BOOK FOUR YEARS OF EXILE(1094-1101)
Chapter Twenty-four Second Persecution
Chapter Twenty-five Home in Exile
Chapter Twenty-six Romance with Chaoyun
Chapter Twenty-seven Outside China
Chapter Twenty-eight The End
Appendix
Appendix A Chronological Summary
Appendix B Bibliography and Sources
Appendix C Biographical Reference List
Wade-Giles to Pinyin Conversion Table
English Works by Lin Yutang