Hu 020 (胡適致陳受頤信函), 1945 September 12 (民國34年9月12日)

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Item: 3

Identifier: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series consists of letters, postcards, and radiograms from 1926 to 1977 from Ch’en’s friends, family, students, colleagues, publishers, and the Republic of China government, as well as Ch’en’s correspondence drafts. Ch’en kept in contact with Chinese scholars such as Hu Shih, Fu Ssu-nien, Lin Yutang, and Chiang Mon-lin to discuss academic issues, education methods, and contemporary political situations. Ch’en also corresponded with students such as Chu Wen-djang (朱文長) and Laurence (Larry) G. Thompson (譚維理) who asked for Ch’en’s advice on their research. This series also includes H. M. Loh (羅孝明)’s letters studying Su Manshu (蘇曼殊), and C. N. Laird’s correspondence about his life experience at Canton Christian College.

Dates

Creation: 1945 September 12 (民國34年9月12日)

Creator

From the Collection: Chʻen, Shou-yi, 1899-1977 (Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Langugages represented in the collection: Chinese, English, Japanese, French.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 23.2 Linear Feet (20 records boxes, 7 document boxes, 2 half-size document boxes)

Additional Description

Dimensions

20.19 x 26.91, 20.32 x 26.96, 20.19 x 26.91, 20.19 x 26.91 cm

Note

本件為胡適寫給陳受頤與羅常培（莘田）兩人的信函。內容提及關於接任北京大學校長一事，希望兩人能自海外歸國，並述及其實較希望繼續歷史研究工作，而非行政職務。信末附上贈楊聯陞之詩。

This is a letter from Hu Shih to both Ch'en Shou-yi and Luo Changpei (or Shentian, as he calls himself). Hu told Ch'en and Luo that he had been appointed by the government to take the position of Peking University's presidency, which he felt reluctant to accept. He said he preferred to spend the rest decades of his life in historical study, rather than administrative works. Nonetheless, he had made the plan to return to China in the coming February. He also urged Ch'en and Luo to consider leaving the U.S. and return to China.