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- 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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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hu
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Qing dynasty
- Place of birth
- Shanghai
- Place of death
- Taipei
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- Teachers College
- Employer
- Fu Jen Catholic University
- Political party
- Kuomintang
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- John Dewey
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Hu Shih 1960 color.jpg
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- ancestral home
- Jixi County
- Commons category
- Hu Shih
- date of birth
- 1891-12-17
- date of death
- 1962-02-24
- member of
- German Academy of Sciences at Berlin
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- topic's main category
- Category:Hu Shih
- birth name
- 胡嗣穈
- influenced by
- John Dewey
- courtesy name
- 希彊
- writing language
- English language
- has works in the collection
- Shanghai Museum
- Commons Creator page
- Hu Shih
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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.
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