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...Shih, Chinese ambassador to the United States in 1940 and probably the world's leading authority on Chinese history and philosophy, is expected to arrive at Harvard within the next three weeks to take up residence for his course next term on "A History of Chinese Thought...
Announced in the new "Courses of Instruction" booklet as Chinese 11a, the series of lectures, as described by Shih himself, will "cover about 25 centuries of the development of Chinese thought in the realm of social and political problems, religion, morals, and the more strictly philosophical speculation. The historical background of the larger political changes, racial movements, scientific progress, and cultural development in general will be considered in dealing with each age and its subdivisions...
...Shih Honored by Harvard...
...living in New York City, Hu Shih was honored by Harvard during the University's Tercentenary in 1936. At that time he was professor of Chinese philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Letters at the National University of Peiping. He is recognized as the outstanding figure in the Chinese literary renaissance and a great influence on the new generation of scholars. Recently Shih has been lecturing to ASTP groups in addition to carrying on personal research...
...more energetic foreign policy, with special emphasis on improving relations with Soviet Russia. (Chungking made a gesture in this direction last month when Sinkiang's anti-Soviet governor Shen Shihtsai was replaced by General Wu Chung-hsin, an expert conciliator. His nickname: Ho-shih-laoor"Old-Man-Smooth-lt-Over...