Hu Shi Photographic Album

Author: Sun Yu
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: "Hu Shih was a controversial figure in his lifetime, hailed as a 'saint' and condemned as a 'traitor to the nation.' In his era, 'Who didn’t know you?' Yet among those who did, how many truly understood him? He was one of the initiators of the May Fourth New Culture Movement, advocating literary reform; proposed the research method of '、,' which is still praised by academia today; served as the Ambassador to the United States, the highest political advisor to the Executive Yuan, and the President of Peking University. He was a cultural figure who was also deeply involved in politics; served the Nationalist government but maintained a detached relationship with Chiang Kai-shek to preserve his freedom; held a high position yet remained approachable. He was a contradiction in unity, a living, breathing person with flesh and blood. In his later years, he settled in Taiwan and passed away in 1962."