Section 1: Warm Up Lead-in Background Information About the author Lin Yutang: a Chinese writer, translator. and editor. born in ongxi(now Zhangzhou), Fujian Province. educated in China and at harvard. with ph.D. from 林语堂 University of Leipzig in 1923. Lin spent most of his life in the United States and wrote most of his works in English. (1895-1976Section 1: Warm Up About the Author Lin Yutang: a Chinese writer, translator, and editor, born in Longxi (now Zhangzhou), Fujian Province, educated in China and at Harvard, with Ph.D. from University of Leipzig in 1923. Lin spent most of his life in the United States and wrote most of his works in English. (1895-1976) Lead-in Background Information