English Writings of Hu Shih

1. Front Matter

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2. A Republic for China

   • Chih-P’ing Chou

   Pages 1-3

3. Analysis of the Monarchical Restoration in China

   • Chih-P’ing Chou

   Pages 5-7

4. Is There a Substitute for Force in International Relations?

   • Chih-P’ing Chou

   Pages 9-15

5. Manufacturing the Will of the People

   • Chih-P’ing Chou

   Pages 17-23

6. Reconstruction in China

   • Chih-P’ing Chou

   Pages 25-30

7. The Pacific Changes Color

   • Chih-P’ing Chou

   Pages 31-32

8. The Changing Balance of Forces in the Pacific

   • Chih-P’ing Chou

   Pages 33-37

9. China’s Chances of Survival

   • Chih-P’ing Chou

   Pages 39-45

10. The Issues Behind the Far Eastern Conflict

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 47-52

11. The Westernization of China and Japan

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 53-58

12. To Have Not and Want to Have

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 59-65

13. What Can America Do in the Far East Situation

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 67-69

14. Japan’s War in China

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 71-75

15. National Crisis and Student Life

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 77-80

16. The Far Eastern Situation

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 81-83

17. An Open Letter to the Guardian

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 85-86

18. The Meaning of October Tenth

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 87-89

19. The Present Situation in China

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 91-98

20. We Are Still Fighting

    • Chih-P’ing Chou

    Pages 99-102

Hu Shih (1891-1962), Chinese philosopher, historian and diplomat. 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¨C1942) and later Chancellor of Peking University (1946¨C1948). 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.

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

  Chih-P'ing Chou

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

  Hu Shih

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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