Hu Shi

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Hu Shi was a prominent Chinese philosopher, essayist, and diplomat who championed literary reform and the use of vernacular Chinese, becoming a leading intellectual figure of early 20th-century China.

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Hu Shi canonical 13
Hu Shih 5
胡適 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomat ⓘ
educator ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
historian of philosophy ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary theorist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
alternateName Hu Shih ⓘ
linked to: Hu Shi
birthDate 1891-12-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Qing Empire ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty

Shanghai ⓘ
citizenship Republic of China ⓘ
deathDate 1962-02-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of China

Taipei ⓘ
linked to: Taipei, Taiwan
doctoralAdvisor John Dewey ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Cornell University ⓘ
Peking University ⓘ
era 20th-century philosophy ⓘ
familyName Hu ⓘ
fieldOfWork Chinese philosophy ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
givenName Shi ⓘ
ideology liberalism ⓘ
pragmatism ⓘ
influenced Chinese New Culture intellectuals ⓘ
modern Chinese literature ⓘ
influencedBy John Dewey ⓘ
pragmatism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of vernacular Chinese (baihua) ⓘ
introducing pragmatism to Chinese philosophy ⓘ
literary reform in early 20th-century China ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Academia Sinica ⓘ
Peking University faculty ⓘ
linked to: Peking University
movement Chinese liberalism ⓘ
May Fourth Movement ⓘ
New Culture Movement ⓘ
vernacular Chinese movement ⓘ
name Hu Shi ⓘ
nationality Chinese ⓘ
nativeName 胡適 ⓘ
linked to: Hu Shi
notableWork Outline of the History of Chinese Philosophy ⓘ
Tentative Proposals for Literary Reform ⓘ
The Chinese Renaissance ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
university president ⓘ
positionHeld Ambassador of the Republic of China to the United States ⓘ
Chancellor of Peking University ⓘ
President of Academia Sinica ⓘ
President of Peking University ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liang Qichao → influenced → Hu Shi ⓘ
Hu → hasNotableBearer → Hu Shi ⓘ
Hu → hasNotableBearer → Hu Shih ⓘ
linked to: Hu Shi
New Youth → editor → Hu Shi ⓘ
La Jeunesse → editor → Hu Shi ⓘ
Hu Shi → name → Hu Shi ⓘ
Hu Shi → nativeName → 胡適 ⓘ
linked to: Hu Shi
Hu Shi → alternateName → Hu Shih ⓘ
linked to: Hu Shi
Cai Yuanpei → notableStudent → Hu Shih ⓘ
linked to: Hu Shi
Qian Xuantong → influencedBy → Hu Shih ⓘ
linked to: Hu Shi
Republican era of China → significantFigure → Hu Shih ⓘ
linked to: Hu Shi
Liang Qichao → influenced → Hu Shi ⓘ
subject linked to: Liang Rengong