After Reading Moment in Peking Moment in Peking， a masterpiece by Lin Yutang， is famous all around the Lin Yutang was born in the town of Banzi in Zhangzhou Fujian province in southeastern Chian on O10， He was a Chinese writer and His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation， and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were best-sellers in the He was very active in the popularization of classical Chinese literature in the west， as well as the general Chinese attitude towards After 1928， Lin lived mainly in the United States， where his translations of Chinese texts remained popular for many He also wrote My Country and My People and The Importance of Living， written in English in a charming and witty style， which became best- Others include Between Tears and Laughter， The Importance of Understanding ，The Chinese Theory of Art， and the novels Moment in Peking and The Vermillion Gate，Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern U The book I read was published in 2005 by Foreign Language Teaching And Research Press， which has 678 In Moment in Peking， by describing the rise and fall of the three large families in Pecking，Lin shows us the history of the period between 1900 and 1936， and Chinese peoples' bravely fighting for our Related to many real person and things， Moment in Peking presents us the social life of that time， which helps foreigners who look down upon China because of their lack of knowledge to know the real Chinese society and There are more than eighty people in the book， among them I like Yao Mulan She is one of the most famous girls in Peking at that time because of her uncommon Born clever and educated well are both her advantages over others， which also make her brave， independent and To some extent， Mulan has some special feelings toward L On the other hand， Mulan is more luckily married than many or most of other She has never really made love to Lifu， and she goes into her marriage with a clear Sunya loves her， she knows， and there is no question that she would love her husband after she marries Such love would have no insomnia in it; it is the natural condition of two normal young people of opposite sex paying each other the unique compliment of giving their lives to each other as companions for the Although Sunya loves a young beautiful lady at the later time， he lives with Mulan at last and After reading this book， I am deeply attracted by M Meanwhile， I'm quite confused that whether there really exists a perfect woman like her， especially in the modern Now， we are living in an economic world， and money is becoming more and more Many people think that girls in recent time are more Instead of Mulan's wish of living a simple family life， nowadays girls hope that they'd better be born rich and beautiful， and could get everything without taking any It is a prejudice to great degree， but we must admit that it is true to some Everyone in the world has his or her own belief， so as M To Mulan， the greatest sorrow is the losing of her lovely daughter and beloved Daughter is the continuation of her life and Just as parents can sacrifice their all for children， few of them could bear the pain of losing Also， the suffering of parents' passing away is Mr Yao， Mulan's father， is not only her senior，but also her Mr Yao teaches Mulan knowledge and many other aspects of being a good His eldest daughter Mulan is his He is quite proud of her， so is M As a result， father's death causes Mulan to think about many things and let her realize the meaning of life In the end of the book， as the scene changes for Mulan， something inside her also She loses all sense of space and direction， loses even the sense of her personal identity， and feels that she has become one of the common people as she has so often wished to belong She believes the conquest of the ego through human contact with great company of men， women and children， which her father has achieved by sheering I'm glad to see the ending which seems to be the best one， and think about it again and Maybe something in it are not suitable for our society now， but it is really worth reading and It makes me have a good knowledge of the society at that time and also a deep thinking about my own Although I haven't found my own way now，but as I become more mature， my style is around the
