How to evaluate Hu Shi

Evaluating a historical figure cannot be separated from its historical background.

First, what influence did Hu Shi's philosophical path have on China people's evaluation of him? Hu Shi's "pragmatism" philosophy is essentially a road of deconstruction. This is obviously unique in backward and poor old China. In the current buzzwords, it is "pandering to populism" or yellow and dirty, not blood-sucking. Such a philosophical road led to the success of Hu Shi's philosophy, and as a result, the audience mocked him as a "great intellectual". In Let the Bullets Fly, "Without you, it is very important to me." Then, Hu Shi, like a fake Huang Shiluo, is "without me, which is very important to me."

Second, why did Hu Shi choose such a philosophical path?

In the second half of World War II, unprecedented mobilization led to an "ideological war". If ideological education is not strengthened, then all countries will repeat the mistake of "crown falling" in World War I.

At this time, World War II presented a situation similar to World War I, that is, collective security, but also collective security in the ideological field. This situation continued until the "Cold War". In short, if Germany falls, then the whole Axis will fall, no matter how well the other younger brothers live; When the Soviet Union fell, the whole eastern camp fell. When the United States falls, the whole western camp will come. This is very different from the situation in which Japan, France and even the United States learned the lessons of World War I and went their own way in the early days of World War II.

At this stage, whether Nazi or Soviet, the banner is "science". Correspondingly, the British and French empires in the old world, even Chiang Kai-shek in the Allied camp and Japan in the Axis camp all carried the banner of "tradition". This tradition inevitably develops into a self-defeating martial art "anti-intellectualism", which is teetering under the impact of science.

At this time, "American missionaries" represented by Hu Shi concocted a set of "intellectualism" of "all beings are equal", that is to say, people with more knowledge (whether traditional or scientific) and those with theoretical weapons cannot guide those with less knowledge and lack of theoretical weapons, and their status is equal. Eliminate the sanctity of knowledge and intellectuals themselves-reading is only for daily necessities, and being an official for thousands of miles is only for money.

This kind of "de-guidance" contains a logic of "getting rich in silence", thus avoiding awakening people's rebellious psychology to "traditional preaching" and then unconsciously falling into the vulgarization of "capitalism"-consumerism. On the other hand, the price paid by the United States is to completely abandon the construction of a nationalist country and transform the grand plan of the Millennium Empire into an immigrant country that can come as long as it is rich or willing to get rich; The "advanced China people", "advanced Eastern Europeans" and "advanced Africans" all over the world have effectively delayed the impact of the Eastern camp with their personal experiences, and refuted the unfathomable utopian system with highly infectious cases. This set is not noble, but it hits the weakness of human nature-it shows too many advantages and is very effective.

In fact, there are precedents in the history of China.