A Study of Yao Mulan’s Life Philosophic Values
Student name: Huang Peipei Class: 060514
Supervisor: Huang Lihua
Abstract: Moment in Peking was a novel written by Lin Yutang in Paris from 1938 the August to 1939 the September, which brought him several nominations for Nobel Literature prize. Moment in Peking is a long story, which starts from the Boxer Rebellion in 1905 and concluded in Sino-Japanese war in 1935, and is about the experience and attitude of the characters from Yao, Zeng and Niu families. The lives of the major characters are changed with the changes of history. Yao Mulan, the eldest daughter of the Yao family, is the leading lady through whom the author expresses most of his philosophic theories toward life. These theories include Taoist’s liberal ideas to life and Confucian’s positive attitude to social reform and activities.
This article introduces Yao Mulan’s life philosophic values and selective analysis the formation of these values, and the influences and reflections these values upon Mulan’s life experiences and personality.
Mulan mainly was influenced by thoughts of Taoism and Confucianism, and she was a Taoist inside her mind, plied with some Confucianism rules outside.
The reasons for the formation of Mulan’s philosophic values of life are: Firstly, father's influence; Secondly, the mother's influence;Thirdly, Mulan’s personal experiences and the instable society. Mulan's father was a Taoist, and his thoughts had given Mulan a profound influence, while her mother gave her Confucian worldly wisdom, and the instable social environment and her own experiences made Mulan a stronger woman, and clear her direction of life.
Mulan's life philosophic values reflected in her thoughts and wisdom, in the control of her marriage and love and in her personalities.
Key words: Lin Yutang, Yao Mulan, Taoism, Confucianism.
浅析《京华烟云》中姚木兰的人生哲学观
学生姓名:黄佩佩班级:060514
指导老师:黄立华
摘要:《京华烟云》是林语堂于1938年8月到1939年九月旅居巴黎时写就的长篇小说,林语堂凭借这部作品几次获得了诺贝尔文学奖的提名。《京华烟云》所讲述的故事包
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