Hu Shih
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Hu Shih was a Chinese academic, writer, diplomat, and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform, and was a leading advocate for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He par
Hu in 1960
Hu Shih Hall at Cornell University
Hu Shih as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries
Hu Shih (left) and Chiang Kai-shek at Academia Sinica, Taipei, April 1958
Written vernacular Chinese
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Written vernacular Chinese, also known as baihua, comprises forms of written Chinese based on the vernacular varieties of Chinese spoken throughout China. It is contrasted with the more concise Litera
Hu Shih
…Chinese academic, writer, diplomat, and politician. Hu contributed to Chinese liberalism and language reform, and was a leading advocate for the use of written vernacular Chinese. He participated in the May Fourth Movement and China's New Culture Movement. He was a president of Peking University and Academia Sinica. Hu was the…
20th-century Literary Chinese writing