Chinese - Philosopher | December 17, 1891 - February 24, 1962
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
CultureSucceedChristianMission
Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.
TruthResponsibilityIntellectual
It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood.
ValueComparisonContactClearly
Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.
AgnosticHumanistConfucius
India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
BorderIndiaSingleWithoutChina
It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be.
ChristianDesireTrueJapaneseEven
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.
BeautyGreatPeopleEnvironmentMay
Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.
LifePeopleSocietyHumanThrough
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.
TimePresentPoliticalNewDone
Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists.
TodayThoughtChinaLeadersEven
And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.
AuthorityMeanOldAlwaysBreakdown
After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.
LearningCulturePeopleLanguage
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Hu Shih quotes