CONTENTS
Introduction………………………………………………………………1
1. The manifestation of Yao Mulan’ s Characters 2
1.1 Compatibility of Confucianism and Taoism ………………………………………………….2
1.1.1 The Confucianism in Yao Mulan…………………………………………………………..2
1.1.2 The Taoism in Yao Mulan………………………………………………………………….3
1.2 The Mixture of Chinese and Western Features………………………………………………..6
2. The Causes of Yao Mulan’s Character……………………………….7
2.1 The Family Influence………………………………………………………………………….7
2.2 The Factor of Times…………………………………………………………………………...8
2.3 The Author’ s Influence upon the Creation of Yao Mulan………………………………….…9
2.3.1 The Influence of His Family and Education………………………………………….........9
2.3.2 His Overseas life Experience……………………………………………………………..10
2.3.3 His Female Worship………………………………………………………………………10
3. Conclusion 11
Bibliography…………………………………………………………….14
Abstract: Moment in Peking, written by Mr. Lin Yutang in English, was published in 1940， became one of the bestsellers in the United States. This novel shows us a general view of Chinese society from Boxer Rebellion in 1910 to the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War. In the novel, the author vividly portrays a lot of representative characters of Chinese public and many modern revolutionaries, especially the protagonist Yao Mulan, who bears good qualities of an ideal Chinese woman. Therefore, the aim of my degree thesis is to analyze Yao Mulan’ s deep-seated character as well as the causes from various perspectives, so as to help the readers to have a more profound and comprehensive understanding of Yao Mulan.
Key Words: Yao Mulan; compatible of Confucianism and Taoism; mixture of Chinese and Western feature
