Lin Yutang

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| birth_place = Banzai, Fujian | image = Linyutang.jpg | caption = Lin photographed in 1939 by Carl Van Vechten | occupation = Linguist, novelist, philosopher, translator | alma_mater = | death_date = | death_place = British Hong Kong | module = | gr = Lin Yeutarng | poj = Lîm Gí-tông | mi = | ci = | bpmf = ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩˇ ㄊㄤˊ }} }} Lin Yutang (10 October 1895 – 26 March 1976) was a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. He had an informal style in both Chinese and English, and he made compilations and translations of the Chinese classics into English. Some of his writings criticized the racism and imperialism of the West. Provided by Wikipedia