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English Writings of Hu Shih

Literature and Society (Volume 1)

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  1. Hu Shih

    1. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.

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  1. Chih-P'ing Chou

    1. , East Asian Studies Department, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

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  • Authored by Hu Shih, Chinese philosopher, historian and diplomat
  • Brings together Hu Shih' English essays, speeches and academic papers, as well as book reviews, all written between 1919 and 1962
  • Includes Hu Shih’s works on language reform

Part of the book series: China Academic Library (CHINALIBR)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
    PDF

  2. Literature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      PDF

    2. A Literary Revolution in China

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 3-6

    3. The Literary Revolution in China

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 7-12

    4. The Social Message in Chinese Poetry

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 13-23

    5. A Chinese Declaration of the Rights of Women

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 25-31

    6. The Greatest Event in Life, A Farce in One Act

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 33-39

    7. The Literary Renaissance

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 41-50

    8. Introduction to Monkey

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 51-54

    9. The Chinese Novel

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 55-64

  3. Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
      PDF

    2. Marriage Customs in China

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 67-69

    4. Which Road Are We Going?

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 75-84

    5. Essay in Living Philosophies

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 85-100

    6. Woman’s Place in Chinese History

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 101-109

    8. An Optimist in the Sea of Pessimism

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 115-120

    9. An Optimist Looks at China

      • Chih-P’ing Chou
      Pages 121-125
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About this book

Hu Shih (1891-1962),. In the 1910s, Hu studied at Cornell University and later Columbia University, both in the United States. At Columbia, he was greatly influenced by his professor, John Dewey, and became a lifelong advocate of pragmatic evolutionary change. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1917 and returned to lecture at Peking University. Hu soon became one of the leading and most influential intellectuals during the May Fourth Movement and later the New Culture Movement. His most widely recognized achievement during this period was as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese. Hu Shih was the Republic of China’s Ambassador to the United States of America (1938-1942) and later Chancellor of Peking University (1946-1948). In 1939 Hu Shih was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature and in 1958 became president of the “Academia Sinica” in Taiwan, where he remained until his death in Nangang at the age of 71. This diverse collection brings together his English essays, speeches and academic papers, as well as book reviews, all written between 1919 and 1962. English Writings of Hu Shih represents his thinking and insights on such topics as scientific methodology, liberalism and democracy, and social problems. It can also serve as a helpful resource for those who study Hu Shih and his views on ancient and modern China. The first volume “Chinese Philosophy and Intellectual History” allows readers to trace the development of Chinese thought and see the historical methodology applied therein. The second volume “Literature and Society” mainly includes Hu Shih’s works on language reform, which owing to his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese were a success in both the educational and literary fields. The third volume “National Crisis and Public Diplomacy” mainly collects Hu’s articles and speeches from his term as Ambassador of China to the U.S.A. between1938 and 1942
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Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • , East Asian Studies Department, Princeton University, Princeton, USA

    Chih-P'ing Chou

  • Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.

    Hu Shih

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About the editor

Hu Shih (1891-1962), Chinese philosopher, historian and diplomat, is widely recognized as a key contributor to Chinese language reform, intellectual researches and public diplomacy. This collection of diverse content brings together his English essays, speeches, academic papers as well as book reviews from 1919 to 1962.English Writings of Hu Shih represents Hu Shih’s thinking and insights on such topics of scientific methodology, liberalism and democracy,
and social problems. It could also serve as a helpful resource for those who study Hu Shih and the ancient and modern China in his view.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: English Writings of Hu Shih

  • Book Subtitle: Literature and Society (Volume 1)

  • Authors: Hu Shih

  • Editors: Chih-P'ing Chou

  • Series Title: China Academic Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31184-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing Co., Ltd and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31183-3Published: 02 February 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43882-0Published: 07 March 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-31184-0Published: 01 February 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2195-1853

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-1861

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 198

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Philosophy, History, general

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