Early Chinese American Literature Research

Yung Wing,Wong Chin Foo and Yan Phou Lee studied in American school in modern Chinese history. They integrated U.S.A mainstream society by their own remarkable ability, set up Chinese people's positive image, strived for Chinese people's equal rights to make own endeavor. Their literary works are not only a part of American literature, but also Chinese American literature, which are mainly divided into four kinds: First, from human cultural science's angle embarking, introducing all kinds of China civilization to the American readers: For example, Yan Phou Lee's autobiography When I Was A Boy in China. Second, fight for Chinese Exclusion Act. Fox example, Yan Phou Lee's "The Chinese Must Stay"; Third, "the introduction of western learning to the east", promoting Chinese and American cultural exchange: For example, Yung Wing's autobiography My Life in China and America; Fourth, different cultural choice as the result of different life backgrounds and world outlook: Yan Phou Lee "Why I Am Not a Heathen" and Wong Chin Foo "Why Am I a Heathen". At present, there isn't enough systematic research about the three men. This article takes their literary works for center, trying to reappearance cultural exchange richness and complexity in China and America, manifest the cultural diversity characteristic.