What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty. Hu Shih beautycornerstonecultural share on social
The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development. Hu Shih chinesedevelopmentkind Change image and share on social
On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger. Hu Shih achievementbadlybasis share on social
After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. Hu Shih beginchinesecontact Change image and share on social
And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to bring about tremendous social changes everywhere than even the economic and industrial changes and the new schools. Hu Shih bringeconomicindustrial share on social
In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell University to take up the question of reforming the Chinese language. Hu Shih chinesecornellincident Change image and share on social
No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India. Hu Shih chineseeuropeexperience Change image and share on social
The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance. Hu Shih callcenturydrama share on social
The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince the Chinese intelligentsia of the superiority of the European culture. Hu Shih chinachinesechristian Change image and share on social
Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic. Hu Shih agnosticconfuciushumanist Change image and share on social
