Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t6.1

v2.c10.s2.t6.1

Lin Yutang (林语堂, October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer, translator and linguist. He was the author of well-known work *The Wisdom of China and India*. He was born in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. He had his university education abroad receiving his Master's degree in Comparative Literature from Harvard University and PhD in Linguistics from University of Leipzig, Germany. Subsequently, Lin Yutang returned to China and taught at Peking University, Beijing Normal University, Xiamen University and Shanghai Dongwu University. In 1936, he went to the United States of America and settled there for a while. From this point on he mainly wrote in English. In 1966 he settled down in Taiwan. In 1967, he was employed as a research professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and then in 1975, he served as Vice President of International PEN. In 1976 he passed away in Hong Kong and was later buried at Yangmingshan, Taipei.