Five Years in the Master's Gate: Hu Shi's Notes (Supplemented Edition) - Second Edition

Author: Luo Ergang
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Features: Luo Ergang (1901–1997) was a historian from Guixian, Guangxi, specializing in the history of the Taiping Rebellion and the military systems of the late Qing Dynasty. In his youth, he studied under Hu Shi. In 1943, he wrote Five Years with My Teacher, documenting his five-year relationship with Hu Shi, during which he sought knowledge and guidance from him. The book received high praise from academia upon its publication. 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 recent 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 disciple, offer a unique perspective. The books depict a scene of intellectual exchange between teacher and disciple, with the warmth of a gentle spring sun and the sincerity and rigor of scholarship. They 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.