Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Humor, philosophy, and Chinese culture -- Hua-ji: the origin of Chinese humor -- Other forms of humor in Chinese history -- Development of modern humor in China -- Humor and Chinese philosophies -- Confucianism and Chinese humor -- Taoism and Chinese humor -- Buddhism and Chinese humor -- Summary -- 2 Chinese and Western views of humor -- The Western ordinary view of humor -- The Chinese extraordinary view of humor -- Cross-cultural studies of humor in Chinese society -- Neuropsychological studies of Chinese humor -- Summary -- 3 Chinese ambivalence about humor -- The Chinese ambivalence about humor -- Manifestation of the Chinese ambivalence about humor -- Empirical studies of the Chinese ambivalence to humor -- Summary -- 4 Humor and Chinese personality -- Humor and personality -- Humor and gender -- Humor and the Five-Factor Model of personality -- Humor, optimism, and subjective happiness -- Humor, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and self-compassion -- Humor, loneliness, shyness, and social competence -- Humor, romance, and marital satisfaction -- Why the Chinese favor affiliative humor and disfavor self-defeating humor -- Summary -- 5 Humor and Chinese emotions -- Traditional Chinese beliefs and emotional expressivity -- Humor and laughter -- Humor, loneliness, and shyness -- Humor and gelotophobia -- Humor and self-compassion -- Humor and playfulness -- Summary -- 6 Humor and Chinese mental well-being -- Humor and mental health -- Humor and mental health in Chinese societies -- Humor, adjustment, and resilience among mainland students studying in Hong Kong -- Summary -- 7 Humor and Chinese creativity -- Definition of creativity -- The Western and Chinese implicit concepts of creativity -- Studies of Chinese implicit concept of creativity