Handwritten letters from Hu Shi

Author: Zhang Biao et al.
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: These letters were initially provided by Cao Lianzhi, the wife of Hu Shi's cousin Hu Jinren, who supplied thirty-seven original copies. They were published by Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House in 1989. Later, Zhang Qiuyi, the daughter of Hu Shi's friend Zhang Xiliu, and Yan Zhenwu, the former vice chairman of the Jixi County People's Political Consultative Conference, provided us with twenty-three copied letters, totaling sixty. The time span covers approximately from 1905 to 1946. Of course, there are far more letters from Hu Shi to his hometown relatives and friends than these dozens, most of which have been lost and are difficult to find. However, even from these scattered fragments, we can still glimpse the trajectory of Hu Shi's life, including his personality, character, worldview, and academic thoughts, which will be of some use to experts in the study of Hu Shi and his scholarship. Additionally, most of Hu Shi's letters were written with a brush, and from the perspective of calligraphy, they hold certain artistic value.