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Hu Shih

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Also known as Hu Shi

Chinese scholar, writer and philosopher (1891–1962)

Person · Open Library

Born
1891
Died
1962
Works
384

Top works

  • 中國公學校史
  • Development of Zen Buddhism in China
  • 短篇小說
  • 章實齋先生年譜
  • 人權論集

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Taiwan
Active from
1891
Active to
1962

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Quotes

  • It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood. What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty.
  • India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

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Key facts

Preceded by
Wang Zhengting
Succeeded by
Wei Tao-ming
Born
( 1891-12-17 ) 17 December 1891, Shanghai , Qing China
Died
24 February 1962 (1962-02-24) (aged 70), Taipei County , Taiwan, Republic of China
Education
Cornell University ( BA ) Columbia University ( PhD )
Known for
Chinese liberalism and language reform
Traditional chinese
胡適
Simplified chinese
胡适
Hanyu pinyin
Hú Shì
Wade giles
Hu Shih
Ipa
[xu ̌ ʂɻ̩ ̂ ]
Yale romanization
Wùh Sīk
Jyutping
Wu4 Sik1
Hokkien poj
Hô͘ Sek
T i l
Hôo Sik

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Encyclopedic overview

Hu Shih (Chinese: 胡適; 17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese academic, writer, diplomat, and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform, and was a leading advocate for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He participated in the May Fourth Movement and China's New Culture Movement. He was a president of Peking University and Academia Sinica.

Hu was the editor of the Free China Journal, which was shut down for criticizing Chiang Kai-shek. In 1919, he also criticized Li Dazhao. Hu advocated that the world adopt Western-style democracy. Moreover, Hu criticized Sun Yat-sen's claim that people are incapable of self-rule. Hu criticized the Nationalist government for betraying the ideal of Constitutionalism in The Outline of National Reconstruction.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hu Shih” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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