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Hôo Sik. Hu Shih [1] [2] [3] ( Chinese: 胡適; 17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) [a] 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. [6]
Hu Shih was a Chinese Nationalist diplomat and scholar, an important leader of Chinese thought who helped establish the vernacular as the official written language (1922). He was also an influential propagator of American pragmatic methodology as well as the foremost political liberal in Republican.
Hu Shih , or Hu Shi , (born Dec. 17, 1891, Shanghai, China—died Feb. 24, 1962, Taiwan), Chinese Nationalist scholar and diplomat who helped establish the vernacular as the official written language.
Apr 20, 2020 · Who was Hu Shih? Hu Shih (1891 – 1962) was one of the most prolific writers of the May Fourth Movement, the “Father of the Chinese Renaissance.” He had a star-studded career as diplomat and academic — Chinese ambassador to the U.S. during World War II, chancellor of Peking University, penning landmark studies of Chinese philosophy ...
Dec 25, 2021 · The remarkable life of intellectual and language reformer Hu Shih helped shape China in the 20th century. A new book highlights Hu’s legacy, from his World War II-era diplomacy to championing...
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.
Hu Shi or Hu Shih (Traditional Chinese: 胡適; Simplified Chinese: 胡适; pinyin: Hú Shì, December 17, 1891—February 24 1962), born Hu Hongxing (胡洪騂), courtesy name was Shizhi (適之) was a Chinese philosopher and essayist who is widely recognized today as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism.
A onetime cultural critic who became a leading figure in the emergence of modern China, Hu Shih rose to prominence by promoting the use of the vernacular in literature-a practice that earned him the title "father of the Chinese literary renaissance."
Hu Shih 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.
Jun 20, 2024 · The distinguished Chinese scholar Hu Shih died on February 24. Born in 1891 and educated at Cornell and Columbia, Dr. Hu will always be remembered as the apostle of the literary revolution that led to the replacement of classical Chinese by the vernacular (pai-hua) as the literary medium.
