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Name: Hu Shih
Birth Date: December 17, 1891
Death Date: February 24, 1962
Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
Place of Death: Taiwan
Nationality: Chinese
Gender: Male
Occupations: philosopher

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Biography of Hu Shih
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The Chinese philosopher Hu Shih (1891-1962) was in the literary and intellectual avant-garde during the New Thought movement of 1915-1919. As the premier Chinese disciple of John Dewey, he applied the principles of instrumentalism to scholarship and...


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(1891–1962), Chinese intellectual. Born in Jixi, Anhui Province, Hu Shi was China's leading liberal scholar and educator of his time. Hu laid an important foundation for the 1919 May 4th Movement with an essay published in 1917 in the...
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Hu Shih
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(born Dec. 17, 1891, Shanghai, China—died Feb. 24, 1962, Taiwan) Chinese Nationalist scholar and diplomat who helped establish the vernacular as the official written language. Hu studied under John Dewey at Columbia University and was profoundly...


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Philosophy East and West
A belated response to Hu Shih and D.T. Suzuki. (debate on Ch'an and Zen Buddhism in Philosophy East and West, vol. 3, p. 3 and p. 25, April 1953)
01/01/1995: 3,562 words, approx. 12 pages
The 1953 debate between Hu Shih and D.T. Suzuki is confused because they use the terms Ch'an or Zen to mean different things, so that neither ever actually engages with the other's position. Hu uses Ch'an to denote the historical Buddhist sect in China,...
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Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
A partner for Hu
11/23/2006: 786 words, approx. 3 pages
Memo From: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. To: President Hu Jintao of China. Dear President Hu: I am sure you thought that your first letter from me would be about trade and human rights. Those issues still animate my party. But I'm convinced...
 
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Hu Shih

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