On the Characteristics of Lin Yutang's Prose

Lin Yutang's humorous sketches are characterized by humor, spirit, leisure, expression style and sketch theory, all of which have distinct personality and cultural characteristics. During the period when the Analects of Confucius was published in Meitai Port, there were more essays than weeds. His essays, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, are free to speak, expressive, cordial and natural, humorous, plain and simple, and distinctive. His theory of humor was outdated and criticized in 1930s. However, his works and prose publications contributed to the prose creation at that time, and also benefited the prose creation and development since 1980s. He has made a beneficial contribution to the communication between Chinese and western literature and culture, and has been highly praised by overseas critics, and is called "the dragon and phoenix of cultural people".