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Hu Shi
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Hu Shi also Hu Shih  (h sh) 1891-1962.
Chinese philosopher and diplomat. As a philosophy professor he promoted vernacular literature to replace writing in the classical style. He was also ambassador to the United States (1938-1942) and the United Nations (1957).


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Claiming Hu Shih "would later become a friend of the [KMT] regime after its retreat from the mainland" shows little understanding of Hu's relationship with the KMT, understanding which would be useful in the later analysis of Free China, a key opposition journal of the 1950s.
Words Like Colored Glass: The Role of the Press in Taiwan's ... by Jacobs, J. Bruce / Pacific Affairs
In his insistence on the vernacular and plain speech, he seems to echo James' opposition to the American "genteel tradition " For his part, Hu Shih was reacting against an aristocratic Confucian tradition in which decorum flourished for an elite.
Humanism in China by Lawson, David / The Humanist
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