The Chinese Renaissance

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essay collection non-fiction book

The Chinese Renaissance is an influential collection of essays and lectures by Hu Shi that advocates for literary reform, vernacular language, and cultural modernization in early 20th-century China.

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Label	Occurrences
The Chinese Renaissance canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essay collection ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
advocates	cultural modernization of China ⓘ reform of classical Chinese literature ⓘ scientific and rational thinking ⓘ use of vernacular language in literature ⓘ
author	Hu Shi NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
criticizes	classical Chinese as sole literary standard ⓘ traditional literary conventions ⓘ
genre	essay ⓘ lecture ⓘ
hasPart	essays by Hu Shi ⓘ lectures by Hu Shi ⓘ
historicalContext	May Fourth era NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican era China NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Chinese intellectual history ⓘ language reform in China ⓘ modern Chinese literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Western liberalism ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Chinese literary reform ⓘ New Culture Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ cultural modernization ⓘ vernacular Chinese ⓘ
movement	Chinese Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ New Culture Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea	literary reform as prerequisite for social reform ⓘ vernacular literature as basis of modern culture ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
publicationPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ

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Hu Shi → notableWork → The Chinese Renaissance ⓘ