On The HU Shi's View About The Intercommunion Of Chinese And Western Culture

Hu Shi is a great master on Chinese modern academic history and cultural history . At the beginning of last century , China is in the abyss of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society , China is faced with a problem of going toward what place . Hu Shi attempts in " for the foundation of an innovation of the political building of China on thought literature and art ". In Hu Shi's view ,The difference of Chinese and Western culture is a kind of era difference essentially, Chinese culture totally possesses " historical foundation " that takes in modern times -science and democracy, it totally has possibility of western culture of" catching up forthwith ". "wholehearted modernization" is the principle that Hu Shi learns from modern western culture, "arrange country reason" is an important means of sight that we can know the culture of Chinese and Western ,and to realize China " the Renaissance " eventually . Hu Shi's thought essence lies in "the theory of saving the nation". It does not play a role in " saving the nation ". But as one kind of studying and solving the methodology of the cultural problem, it has an important inspiration and reference meaning to the cultural workers.