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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438226203321

Autore

Shih Hu

Titolo

English writings of Hu Shih . Volume 2 Chinese philosophy and intellectual history  / / Hu Shih ; Chi-P'ing Chou, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heidelberg ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013

ISBN

1-299-33550-0

3-642-31181-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

China academic library

Altri autori (Persone)

ChouChih-Ping

Disciplina

190.9033

Soggetti

Literature and society - China

Philosophy, Chinese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Intellectual China in 1919 -- Buddhist Influence on Chinese Religious Life -- The Renaissance in China -- The Civilizations of the East and the West -- Wang Mang, the Socialist Emperor of Nineteen Centuries Ago -- Conflict of Cultures  -- The Establishment of Confucianism as a State Religion During the Han Dynasty -- Confucianism -- Religion and Philosophy in Chinese History -- Development of Zen Buddhism in China -- Types of Cultural Response -- Social Changes in China -- The Indianization of China: A Case Study in Cultural Borrowing -- A View of Immortality -- Historical Foundations for a Democratic China -- The Exchange of Ideas Between the Occident and the Orient: A Case Study in Cultural Diffusion -- India Our Great Teacher -- The Struggle for Intellectual Freedom in Historic China -- The Concept of Immortality in Chinese Thought -- Chinese Thought -- The Natural Law in the Chinese Tradition -- Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism in China: Its History and Method -- Authority and Freedom in the Ancient Asian World -- Yung Wing: One Hundred Years After His Graduation -- The Right to Doubt in Ancient Chinese Thought -- The Scientific Spirit and Method in Chinese Philosophy -- An Appeal for a Systematic Search in Japan for Long-Hidden  T’ang -- Dynasty Source-Materials of the Early History of Zen Buddhism -- Social Changes and Science .

Sommario/riassunto

Hu Shih (1891-1962), Chinese philosopher, historian and diplomat. In the 1910s, Hu studied at Cornell University and later Columbia



University, both in the United States. At Columbia, he was greatly influenced by his professor, John Dewey, and became a lifelong advocate of pragmatic evolutionary change. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1917 and returned to lecture at Peking University. Hu soon became one of the leading and most influential intellectuals during the May Fourth Movement and later the New Culture Movement. His most widely recognized achievement during this period was as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese. Hu Shih was the Republic of China¡¯s Ambassador to the United States of America (1938¨C1942) and later Chancellor of Peking University (1946¨C1948). In 1939 Hu Shih was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature and in 1958 became president of the ¡°Academia Sinica¡± in Taiwan, where he remained until his death in Nangang at the age of 71. This diverse collection brings together his English essays, speeches and academic papers, as well as book reviews, all written between 1919 and 1962. English Writings of Hu Shih represents his thinking and insights on such topics as scientific methodology, liberalism and democracy, and social problems. It can also serve as a helpful resource for those who study Hu Shih and his views on ancient and modern China.