Lin Yutang (1895 – 1976) was the first Chinese author to earn world-class fame for his English works. His historical novel Moment in Peking received the nomination of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Professor Shi Jianwei, the author of the Biography of Lin Yutang, is a leading literary scholar with a research focus on Lin Yutang’s works. The author provides a relatively complete account of Lin Yutang's life from the perspectives of his thoughts, character, and hobbies.