林语堂作为“二十世纪的智慧人物”,可以说是一个复杂的存在。他对基督教文化从接受到放弃、又从放弃到再接受的迂回复归,在中国现代作家中是独一无二的。由于宗教、文化、信仰、性格等多方面原因,造成他文化身份的多样性,形成了一个复杂的身份认同体系。文章将借助文艺学新兴的文化身份的研究方法,从宗教的角度对林语堂文化身份的认同体系与文化选择作一论述。 Lin Yutang, as “the wise man of the twentieth century,” can be said to be a complex existence. His reversion to Christian culture from acceptance to abandonment to abandonment to acceptance is unique among modern Chinese writers. Due to many reasons such as religion, culture, belief and personality, his diversity of cultural identities has formed a complex identity system. The article will make use of the research method of emerging cultural identity of literature and art, and discuss the identification system and cultural choice of Lin Yutang’s cultural identity from the religious point of view.