Hu Shi has an extremely important position in the academic history of modern China and created many firsts. It is appropriate to fully affirm Hu Shi's academic achievements and contributions, but to what extent, we must seek truth from facts. I thought, "But I don't want to be a teacher. I like Gong Sheng's statement best. I am a person who has opened up the atmosphere. I hope that I will be close to you for a long time. " This is the most appropriate evaluation of Hu Shi.
Hu Shi's contribution:
1. Advocated literary revolution and its practical activities. In terms of literary revolution, Hu Shi made great contributions. It was he who first sent out the "signal that the literary revolution was in trouble", published the article "My humble opinion on literary improvement" in New Youth, and put forward the famous "eight noes".
2. It was first put forward in "On the Literary Revolution of Construction" that "a school of new China living literature should be created for China within 35 years". In practice, he published the first collection of vernacular poems in the early period of China's new literature, Trial Collection, and first translated European short stories in vernacular Chinese, including works by famous writers of different nationalities, such as Gorky, Chekhov, Mo Bosang, Dude, Strindberg, etc.
3. He was also the first person to propose drama improvement, and his "Lifelong Event" was regarded as the pioneering work of China's drama.
Hu Shi (17 December 1891-24 February 1962) was a famous thinker and philosopher. It is famous for advocating "vernacular Chinese and leading the new culture movement." In 1918, he joined the editorial department of New Youth, vigorously advocated vernacular Chinese, advocated individual liberation and freedom of thought, and was the leader of the New Culture Movement together with Chen Duxiu. In 192, he acted as the agent of Effort Weekly, Independent Review in 193 and On the Society when Independent in 194. From 1938 to 1942, he served as the ambassador of the National Government to the United States. President of Peking University from 1946 to 1948. Went to America in 1949. In 1958, he returned to Taiwan Province as the president of Academia Sinica. He died in Taipei in 1962.