一、引言近二三十年来,林语堂著作的出版与林语堂研究热度持续不减,特别是改革开放以后,林语堂讲求闲适、性灵、幽默的散文马上赢得了国内读者的青睐。与此不相称的是,林语堂的英文著作及其汉译却一直没有受到应有的重视。如2003-2005年,陕西师范大学出版社出版了《林语堂文集》22种,主要还是依据台湾德华版《林语堂经典名著》二十一 I. Introduction In the recent two or three decades, the publication of Lin Yutang’s writings and the research on Lin Yutang continued unabated. Especially after the reform and opening up, Lin Yutang’s favoritism, genius and humor prose have won the favor of domestic readers. What is disproportionate to this is that Lin Yutang’s English writings and his Chinese translation have not received the due attention. For example, from 2003 to 2005, Shaanxi Normal University Press published 22 kinds of “Collection of Lin Yutang” mainly based on Taiwan’s Dehua version of “Lin Yutang classic” twenty-one