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Hu Shih | |
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胡適 | |
Chinese Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 29 October 1938 – 1 September 1942 | |
Preceded by | Wang Zhengting |
Succeeded by | Wei Tao-ming |
Chancellor of Peking University | |
In office 1946–1948 | |
President of the Academia Sinica | |
In office 1957–1962 | |
Preceded by | Zhu Jiahua |
Succeeded by | Wang Shijie |
Personal details | |
Born | Shanghai, Qing China | 17 December 1891
Died | 24 February 1962 Taipei County, Taiwan, Republic of China | (aged 70)
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Known for | Chinese liberalism and language reform |
Philosophical schools | |
Region | Chinese philosophy |
Philosophical interests | |
Influences | |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Academic work | |
Institutions | |
Main interests | Chinese language and literature, redology |
Writing career | |
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Period | Modern (20th century) |
Genres | |
Subject | Liberation |
Literary movement | New Culture and May Fourth |
Years active | from 1912 |
Notable works | Preliminary Discussion of Literature Reform (文學改良芻議, 1917) |
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Simplified Chinese | 胡适 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hu Shih[1][2][3][4] (Chinese: 胡適; 17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962), also known as Hu Suh in early references,[5][6] was a Chinese diplomat, essayist and fiction writer, literary scholar, philosopher, and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform and advocated for the use of written vernacular Chinese.[7] He participated in the May Fourth Movement and China's New Culture Movement. He was a president of Peking University.[8] He had a wide range of interests such as literature, philosophy, history, textual criticism, and pedagogy. He was also a redology scholar.
Hu was 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.[9]
Hu wrote many essays attacking communism as a whole, including the political legitimacy of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party. Specifically, Hu said that the autocratic dictatorship system of the CCP was "un-Chinese" and against history. In the 1950s, Mao and the Chinese Communist Party launched a campaign criticizing Hu Shih's thoughts.[10] After Mao's passing, the reputation of Hu recovered. He is now widely known for his high moral values and influential contribution to Chinese politics and academia.
MR. HU Shih, Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China.
Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia,{...}
The representative of the National University of Peking is Dr. Chen-sheng Yang, who has been acting dean of the College of Arts and Literature in the absence of Dr. Hu Shih.¹{...}¹Chinese Ambassador to the United States, 1938–42.
The Hu Shih Memorial Hall located on the Nankang campus was the residence where Dr. Hu Shih (1891–1962) lived from 1958 to 1962, during his tenure as the president of Academia Sinica. It consists of three parts: (1) Dr. Hu Shih's residence; (2) the exhibition room, including Dr. Hu Shih's works, photos, etc/; (3) Dr. Hu Shih's graveyard near the Academia Sinica campus.
Hu Shih, (Hu Suh). (胡適)–Anhui. Born Dec. 17, 1891.{...}
I am also indebted to many friends in China, especially to Dr. Hu Suh of the National University of Peking{...}
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