Hu Shi (189 1- 1962), formerly known as Hu Hong [Ma Xin], was born in Jixi, Anhui. Scholars. 19 10, studied in the United States, entered Cornell University, and then transferred to Columbia University. He studied under Dewey and was deeply influenced by his experimental philosophy. 19 17 My humble opinion on literary improvement was published in New Youth. 19 17 received a doctorate in philosophy, and returned to China in the same year as a professor in Peking University. He participated in the editing of "New Youth", published a paper on literary history and the literary revolution of construction, and published a new collection of poems, becoming an influential figure in the new cultural movement. 19 19 published "study more problems, talk less about doctrine" and advocate reformism. 1920, left New Youth and founded Hard Weekly. 1923, he and Xu zhimo and others organized the crescent society. /kloc-founded Modern Review with Chen Xiying and Wang Shijie in 0/924. 1932 Independent Review was founded with Jiang Ting [FU2] and Ding Wenjiang. From 65438 to 0938, he served as the ambassador of the National Government to the United States. 1946 president Peking University. 1948 left Beiping and then transferred to the United States. 1958 President of Academia Sinica in Taiwan Province Province. Hu Shi has made achievements in philosophy, literature, history and textual research of classical literature all his life, which is representative to some extent. He is the author of Fifty Years of China Literature, Hu Cun, History of Vernacular Literature, Textual Research on China's Zhanghui Novels, etc.

Hu Shi's academic activities in his life were mainly in history, literature and philosophy. His main works are Outline of China's Philosophy History (I), Trial Collection, History of Vernacular Literature (I) and Hu Shi's Wen Cun (four episodes). His greatest academic influence is to advocate the method of "bold hypothesis and careful verification". In his later years, he devoted himself to the textual research of Zhu, but did not write the final version. 1962 died in Taipei.