Chapter 58 To Hu Shi①

When I read the newspaper yesterday, Mr. Zhi felt sick again, how much I miss him!I am immeasurably sorry for not being able to go into the city to take a look at the wind and snow on the road.Nu Sheng sent a letter from Shanghai, and hereby attaches the Qing Dynasty. Is there any comfort for Wei Min? The clouds are over, and the western mountains outside the window are especially sad under the snow.This kind of time, this kind of weather, is the most suitable for recuperation.I am someone who has been here, so I dare to ask you to take advantage of this calm and gloomy time to rest a lot. Madam ruled this, and Wen Zao ordered a pen to greet me!Xie Wanying's New Year's Eve (This letter was originally published in "Hu Shi's Correspondence and Correspondence" (Middle), published by Zhonghua Book Company in May 1979.)

① Hu Shi, courtesy name Shizhi, poet, literary historian.Originally from Jixi, Anhui, he was born in Shanghai on December 17, 1891. He went to the United States to study in 1910, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1914, and completed a doctoral dissertation in Columbia University in 1917.He returned to China in the summer of the same year and served as a professor at Peking University. He once advocated literary reform and was a famous figure in the New Culture Movement at that time. In 1928, he served as the president of the Chinese public school and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1931, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Arts of Peking University.

In 1938, he served as ambassador to the United States. In September 1945, he was appointed as the president of Peking University.