biography
pronunciation:
[hoo shee]
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| lived:
| (1891–1962)
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| biography:
| Liberal scholar and reformer, born in Chiki, Anhwei, E China. He studied at Cornell and Columbia universities, where he became a disciple of the philosopher, John Dewey. He became professor of philosophy at Beijing University (1917–49), where he led the gradualist New Culture movement from 1919, urging the re-examination of China's culture and increased personal liberty, and opposing the increasingly rigid Marxism of Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. He wrote extensively on Chinese philosophy, and is also known for his championing of pai-hua, the new Chinese vernacular that would make literature accessible to the masses. He served the Nationalist government as ambassador to the USA (1938–42) and the UN (1957), and was president of the Academica Sinaica on Taiwan (1958–62). |
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