Lin Yutang
Americannoun
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The Chinese writer Lin Yutang, who first lived in the U.S. as a graduate student at Harvard, had experienced American success in the thirties as a kind of spokesperson for Chinese manners and civilization.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019
They were married in the United States, where they settled in part through the assistance of his uncle, the noted Chinese writer Lin Yutang.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2018
Mr. Kang cited a well-known Chinese author, Lin Yutang, who wrote that France and China understood each other because they shared the same precision about language and gastronomy.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2011
In the words of Lin Yutang, “Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.”
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2011
Foreword by Lin Yutang, decorations by Ching Chih Yee & drawings by Yench'i Tiao T'u. © 29Mar38; A116202.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1966 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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