Hu Shi’s Diary of Studying Abroad

Hu Shi’s Diary of Studying Abroad

Recently, I accidentally saw a repost on the Internet, which made me think about Hu Shi:

Hu Shi’s Diary of Studying Abroad

7 January 4th

I started this new diary to urge myself to work harder next semester. First, read Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" at hand.

July 13th

Playing cards.

July 14th

Playing cards.

July 15th

Playing cards.

July 16th

Hu Shizhi, Hu Shizhi! How could you be so depraved! Have you forgotten the study plan you made earlier? Confucius said: "I examine myself three times a day." ?This can’t go on like this!

July 17th

Playing cards.

July 18th

Playing cards.

If it is taken as a joke, it is indeed quite funny. It turns out that the master was also young?

Look through Hu Shi’s diary to see if Hu Shizhi’s classmate was really like this before.

Hu Shi’s diary of studying abroad mentions that he played cards between June and September 1911. Perhaps he had just learned how to play cards at that time and was in high spirits, so he often saw "playing cards" recorded in his diary.

July 2 (Sunday)

Read chapters 8 to 9 of Matthew. The book is sent to Li Xinbai. It's too hot to do anything, so I play cards for fun.

July 3 (Monday)

Jin Yunong, a native of Xiuning, studied electrical engineering at the University of Wisconsin and has graduated. I traveled here today and met him in a restaurant. It was because I visited Zhongfan with me. Send him off to the train at twelve o'clock.

The weather today is 110 degrees. play cards.

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July 5 (Wednesday)

Register for summer school. Play cards in the afternoon.

July 6 (Thursday)

First day of summer school, Chemistry (8:00 to 1:00). play cards.

July 7 (Friday)

Class begins. play cards.

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July 21 (Friday)

The second quiz in Chemistry. That night, I invited comrades from the lecture hall to meet in the remaining room to discuss the main theme. play cards. Get a book from Jin Ren.

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July 24 (Monday)

Class begins. Dede Zheng a book. play cards. Evolutionary math problems.

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July 29 (Saturday)

Read the Gospel of Matthew. Read several chapters of Sammuel Daniel's love poems. play cards.

It seems that Hu Shi's "card playing diary" is not the only record of the whole day like the repost, and it includes several days in a row where he made up his mind to quit playing cards, and then started again the next day. Card playing recorded in Hu Shi's diary was usually part of the day's pastime, basically entertainment after doing other things. There are still plans to study and take classes, and the same is true for August after July:

August 18 (Friday)

Read Macaulay’s History? and ?Johnson?. play cards.

Seeing the ranking of Tsinghua University in Beijing, I can see that both Zhijingzhuang and Zhongying are in the United States. Overjoyed by it.

August 25 (Friday)

Written the conclusion of "The Biography of Cornell", about 300 words, which took the whole day to complete; I have not been familiar with ancient prose for a long time, so it is appropriate It's so difficult. play cards.

August 26 (Saturday)

Read German poetry? Lyrics and Ballads?. play cards.

September 4th (Monday)

Today is Labor Day, a day of rest. play cards.

Read Dumas’ novels.

I have read the sequel of "Xia Yin Ji", which is six huge volumes and I don't know how many millions of words it is. This "Son of Porthos" is the last volume. How great, the king of novels!

It seems that the repost is suspected of fabrication. In order to create "laughing fruit", Hu Shi was dressed up as a "degenerate youth", and in the process of playing with the master, we found comfort for our own "depravity" . However, Hu Shi was indeed determined to quit playing cards. On September 5, Hu Shi had a conversation with his classmate Jin Tao, during which they talked about playing cards, perhaps the harms of playing cards, or encouraging each other to learn. Hu Shi said in his diary on September 6: ?Yesterday, I stopped playing cards with Jin Taojun? There is really no record of playing cards in Hu Shi's diary of studying abroad. I don’t know if he really quit or if he hit me sometimes, but Hu Shi didn’t write it in his diary. However, the subsequent diaries of studying abroad, especially the diaries written by Hu Shi after he transferred from the Agricultural College to the Liberal Arts College, were obviously much more substantive, and contained lengthy descriptions of his reading and thinking notes. It can be seen that Hu Shi's interest and talent are still in literature (liberal arts).

As for the reason for Hu Shi’s withdrawal, it is probably because his accommodation was moved to the World Students’ Union on September 6. He lived alone for the first time and felt desolate (Diary of September 6). He had no acquaintance. I am a friend, so I think of the precepts I made with Jin Tao the day before; secondly, during this period, I often read or play cards for days and go to bed at midnight. Sometimes I feel unwell, so I want to correct this bad work and rest habit ( Diary on August 10th); thirdly, the fourth quiz in Chemistry was extremely unsatisfactory; in the life test, this was the lowest (diary on August 4th). Playing cards may have delayed Hu Shi’s academic performance, so he decided to quit. Card.

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In any case, Hu Shi also had some bad hobbies when he was a student (Hu Shi also learned to smoke when he was in college. At first, he smoked the cheapest cigarettes, and then he smoked the cheapest cigarettes. He relapsed into smoking the most expensive cigarettes, then smoked cigarettes, and finally vowed to give it up. This was truly reflected in his diary, but he was able to resolutely make up his mind to quit, work hard on his own interests, and eventually become a generation. Cultural flag bearer.