Chapter 84 funeral

On the night of Hu Shi's death, a funeral committee was formed, with Chen Cheng as the chairman; Zhang Qun, Wang Yunwu, Zhu Jiahua, Jiang Menglin, Wang Shijie, and Huang Jilu as the vice-chairmen; Yu Youren and Jiang Jingguo as members, a total of 103 members. The mourning hall is located in the Taipei City Bliss Funeral Home.Hu Shi's body was placed in a special coffin made of fir wood, dressed in a blue robe, black mandarin jacket, and cloth shoes.The body was covered with the Peking University flag.Chiang Kai-shek went to sacrifice and mourn in person, and wrote an elegiac couplet in person, saying:

Mr. Shizhi is a model of old morality in the new culture through the ages; A teacher of new ideas in old ethics. Jiang Zhongzheng revered this elegiac couplet, which accurately summarized Hu Shi's complicated thoughts and experiences throughout his life, and hung it in the center of the mourning hall.The funeral committee received more than 800 elegiac couplets and scrolls from people from all walks of life, including: Wei old master, advocates the vernacular; today's children still have to read the poor scriptures, and bury their heads in chewing sentences from the pile of writing and paper.

There is no new culture, and reform is the main idea; An Neng, who is of Chinese descent, carefully verified it and went to the Science Park to plant trees and take root. The husband has gone, if Huang Quan meets Cao Xueqin, ask him about the Dream of the Red Chamber? The younger generations know that it is fortunate to have Hu Shizhi in this life, who teaches people how to make a fuss about vernacular. Meng Zhen died in trouble, and today's duke died in the middle of the war. He has many talents in his career, so why should he be like this? The Communist Party scolded it, and the people of the country also scolded it. There is no place to live, what a pain!

There is an endless stream of citizens going to the mourning hall to pay their respects, and the funeral parlor has been full of people in the past few days. On March 2, Chen Cheng led all the members of the Funeral Committee to hold a public memorial service. 75 units participated in the public memorial service. In addition, celebrities from all walks of life, soldiers, students, civilians, housewives, and diplomats stationed in Taiwan went to pay their respects to pay their respects. Dr. Hu Shi bid farewell to more than 38,000 people.Funeral at 2:00 p.m. At 3 o'clock, the funeral was carried out.On both sides of the road from Taipei City to Nangang, there are countless people who voluntarily come to mourn.After the hearse drove to Songshan, the residents along the way burned incense at every household and offered sacrifices on every road until Nangang, and the sound of firecrackers continued all the way.According to the estimates of witness reporters, since Hu Shi's death to the funeral, there were more than 100,000 citizens who went to mourning and road mourning. ①

On October 15th, Hu Shi was buried at Jiuzhuang Cemetery in Nangang, Taipei.Although he failed to return to the beautiful and prosperous hometown of Huangshan, he finally slept in the soil of his motherland.On the door of the tomb is engraved with the four characters "Moral Learning Julong" written by Chiang Kai-shek.On the high slope on the right, there is a memorial pavilion built by the Peking University Alumni Association; on the left, there is a bronze bust built by the Chinese Public Alumni Association.Inscribed on the tombstone: This is the tomb of Mr. Hu Shi (21 B.C.-51 R.C.).

This man who worked so hard for academic and cultural progress, for the freedom of thought and speech, for the honor of the nation, and for the happiness of mankind, to the point of death, rests here now! We believe that the body will eventually disappear, and the mausoleum will change, but the light given to the world by the philosopher in the tomb will last forever! Academia Sinica President Mr. Shizhi's Funeral Committee Standing Stone On October 18, the "Academia Sinica" academic meeting decided to use Hu Shi's former residence as the "Hu Shi Memorial Hall"

, and set up a management committee. In August 1964, Mr. Starr, the head of the American American Insurance Company, donated US$25,000. In May 1970, the Starr Foundation donated another US$25,000 for the Hu Shi Memorial Hall Fund. Hu Shi left an English will before his death, the main contents of which are: 1. Request for cremation (according to the opinion of Jiang Dongxiu, Hu Shi’s wife, who changed the coffin later); 2. Donate 102 boxes of books, manuscripts and documents left in Beijing to Peking University; 3. , Books, manuscripts, and documents kept in the New York apartment, donated to National Taiwan University; in addition, there are other items such as estate disposal.But when checking Hu Shi's belongings in Nangang, except for books and documents, the balance was only US$135.

① Regarding the situation of Hu Shi's funeral, it is mainly based on the report "Mr. A Generation of Philosophers, Closing the Coffin and Concluding the Decision" (March 6, 1962).