"Five Ascents of the Sect · Hu Shi's Random Notes (Supplemented Edition)"

Author: Luo Ergang
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Features: Luo Ergang (1901–1997), a historian from Guixiang, Guangxi, primarily engaged in the study of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and late Qing military systems. In his youth, he studied under Hu Shi. In 1943, he wrote Five Years with My Master, documenting his five-year journey of learning and the profound bond between teacher and student. After its publication, the academic community highly praised it. Historian Yan Gengwang remarked, "This book not only shows us how to be a scholar but also how to be a teacher, truly an extraordinary work in the past few decades." Notes on Hu Shi, completed in the 1990s, provides a vivid and detailed account of Hu Shi's academic pursuits, political career, social interactions, and personal life. Although the two books were written half a century apart and there are numerous works on Hu Shi's academic methods and life, these books written by his junior disciple offer a unique perspective. The books depict a scene of intellectual exchange and mutual learning, where the warm guidance of a mentor and the humble, rigorous approach to scholarship create a rich atmosphere of camaraderie. These works have been widely circulated both in China and abroad, even earning the nickname of a "textbook." This reissue is a revised and expanded edition based on the 1998 supplement.