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The Taoist Way to Follow Nature: Analysis of Lin Yutang’s Moment in Peking
WANG Peng-fei, CHEN Si-yu
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2022.07.004
Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
Moment in Peking written by Chinese American writer Lin Yutang, follows the life of an extended upper-class Beijing family from the time of the Boxer uprising in 1900 to the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. It is both a depiction of the daily life of a Chinese family, and a chronicle of the political and social changes sweeping China during that period. This novel takes Taoism as the philosophical backdrop, and the concept of “Life passes like a dream” as the theme, revealing the struggles and vicissitudes of Yao Mulan and her father Yao Sian. It is a unique way for Lin Yutang to interpret the Taoism and the Taoist way to follow the nature.
Lin Yutang, Taoism, nature, Moment in Peking
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, July 2022, Vol. 12, No. 7, 716-721
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