Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
Hu Shih
Born: December 17, 1891
Died: February 24, 1962 (aged 70)
Bio: Hu Shih was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat. Hu is widely recognized today as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese.
Known for:
- The Chinese renaissance (1923)
- An Outline History of Chinese Philosophy (1919)