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Hu Shih

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Hu Shih (17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat. [1]

54 relations: Academia Sinica, Ambassador, Anhui, Arthur Sze, Boxer Indemnity Scholarship, Chen Duxiu, Chengyu, Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese philosophy, Classical Chinese, Columbia University, Cornell University, Diplomat, Dream of the Red Chamber, Encyclopedia of China, Experimentalism, Foot binding, Free China Journal, Hu (surname), Hu Shih, Ji Xianlin, Jixi County, John Dewey, John K. Fairbank, Language reform, Liang Qichao, Liberalism, Liberalism in China, List of essayists, Maurice Maeterlinck, May Fourth Movement, Modern Chinese poetry, Myocardial infarction, Nangang District, Taipei, New Culture Movement, New Youth, Nobel Prize, Peking University, PEN International, Philosophy of education, Pragmatism, Putonghua Proficiency Test, Qing dynasty, Redology, Shanghai, Taipei, Thornton Wilder, Wang Zhengting, Warlord Era, Wei Tao-ming, ..., Wen Yuan-ning, Written vernacular Chinese, 1917 in poetry, 1918 in poetry. Expand index (4 more) »

Academia Sinica

Academia Sinica (Han characters: 中央研究院, literally "central research academy"; abbreviated AS), headquartered in Nangang District, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan.

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Ambassador

An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment.

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Anhui

Anhui is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the eastern region of the country.

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Arthur Sze

Arthur Sze (b. 1950 New York City) is a Chinese-American poet.

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Boxer Indemnity Scholarship

The Boxer Indemnity Scholarship, funded by the Boxer Rebellion indemnity money, was a scholarship program for Chinese students to be educated in the United States.

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Chen Duxiu

Chen Duxiu (October 8, 1879 – May 27, 1942) was a Chinese revolutionary socialist, educator, philosopher, and author, who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (with Li Dazhao) in 1921, serving from 1921 to 1927 as its first General Secretary.

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Chengyu

Chengyu are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expression, most of which consist of four characters.

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Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also romanized as Chiang Chieh-shih or Jiang Jieshi and known as Chiang Chungcheng, was a political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in exile in Taiwan.

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Chinese philosophy

Chinese philosophy originates in the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, during a period known as the "Hundred Schools of Thought", which was characterized by significant intellectual and cultural developments.

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Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese, is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.

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Diplomat

A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations.

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Dream of the Red Chamber

Dream of the Red Chamber, also called The Story of the Stone, composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels.

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Encyclopedia of China

The Encyclopedia of China is the first large-entry modern encyclopedia in the Chinese language.

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Experimentalism

Experimentalism is the philosophical belief that the way to truth is through experiments and empiricism.

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Foot binding

Foot binding was the custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to modify the shape of their feet.

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Free China Journal

Free China Journal was a periodical that was published by the Republic of China (ROC) government after its retreat to Taiwan following the Chinese Civil War.

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Hu (surname)

Hu (胡) is a Chinese surname.

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Hu Shih

Hu Shih (17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat.

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Ji Xianlin

Ji Xianlin (August 6, 1911 – July 11, 2009) was a Chinese Indologist, linguist, paleographer, historian, and writer who had been honored by the governments of both India and China.

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Jixi County

Jixi County is a county under the administration of Xuancheng City, in the southeast of Anhui province, China.

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John Dewey

John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, Georgist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform.

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John K. Fairbank

John King Fairbank (May 24, 1907 – September 14, 1991), was a prominent American historian of China.

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Language reform

Language reform is a type of language planning by massive change to a language.

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Liang Qichao

Liang Qichao (Cantonese: Lèuhng Kái-chīu; 23 February 1873 – 19 January 1929), courtesy name Zhuoru, art name Rengong, was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher, and reformist who lived during the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China.

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Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty and equality.

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Liberalism in China

Liberalism in China is a development from classical liberalism as it was introduced into China during the Republican period and, later, reintroduced after the end of the Cultural Revolution.

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List of essayists

This is a list of essayists—people notable for their essay-writing.

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Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (also called Comte (Count) Maeterlinck from 1932; in Belgium, in France; 29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949) was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French.

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May Fourth Movement

The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student participants in Beijing on 4 May 1919, protesting against the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, especially allowing Japan to receive territories in Shandong which had been surrendered by Germany after the Siege of Tsingtao.

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Modern Chinese poetry

Modern Chinese poetry, including New poetry, refers to post Qing Dynasty (1644 to 1912) Chinese poetry, including the modern vernacular (baihua) style of poetry increasingly common with the New Culture and 4 May 1919 movements, with the development of experimental styles such as "free verse" (as opposed to the traditional Chinese poetry written in Classical Chinese language); but, also including twentieth and twenty-first century continuations or revivals of Classical Chinese poetry forms.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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Nangang District, Taipei

Nangang District is a southeastern district of Taipei, Taiwan.

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New Culture Movement

The New Culture Movement of the mid 1910s and 1920s sprang from the disillusionment with traditional Chinese culture following the failure of the Chinese Republic, founded in 1912 to address China’s problems.

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New Youth

La Jeunesse (or New Youth) was a Chinese magazine in the 1910s and 1920s that played an important role in initiating the New Culture Movement and spreading the influence of the May Fourth Movement.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize (Swedish definite form, singular: Nobelpriset; Nobelprisen) is a set of six annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances.

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Peking University

Peking University (abbreviated PKU or Beida; Chinese: 北京大学, pinyin: běi jīng dà xué) is a major Chinese research university located in Beijing and a member of the C9 League.

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PEN International

PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere.

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Philosophy of education

Philosophy of education can refer either to the application of philosophy to the problem of education, examining definitions, goals and chains of meaning used in education by teachers, administrators or policymakers.

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Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that began in the United States around 1870.

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Putonghua Proficiency Test

The Putonghua Proficiency Test or Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi (PSC) is an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese intended for native speakers of Chinese language.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.

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Redology

Redology is the academic study of Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China.

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist.

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Wang Zhengting

Wang Zhengting (known in English as Chengting Thomas Wang or C. T. Wang; 7 September 1882 – 21 May 1961) was a diplomat in the Republic of China (ROC).

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Warlord Era

The Warlord Era (19161928) was a period in the history of the Republic of China when the control of the country was divided among former military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions, which was spread across in the mainland regions of Sichuan, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guangdong, Guangxi, Gansu, Yunnan, and Xinjiang.

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Wei Tao-ming

Wei Tao-ming (October 28, 1899 – May 18, 1978) was a distinguished diplomat and public servant.

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Wen Yuan-ning

Wen Yuan-ning (1900-1984), born Oon Guan-neng, educated at the University of Cambridge with B.A. Hons.

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Written vernacular Chinese

Written Vernacular Chinese is the forms of written Chinese based on the varieties of Chinese spoken throughout China, in contrast to Classical Chinese, the written standard used during imperial China up to the early twentieth century.

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1917 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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1918 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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Hu Hsih, Hu Shi, Hu Shizhi, Hú Shì, 胡适, 胡適.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Shih

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